The making of modern South Africa
Subtitle: conquest, apartheid, democracy
By: Nigel Worden
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780470656334
Subjects: Politics and government; Apartheid; Race relations; Democracy; History
Description: " ... [The] author provides a sharp, analytical view of South Africa. The text covers the complete history of tye country, from pre-colonial times to the present, and major themes include explorations of the colonial conquests of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the establishment of racism, segregation and apartheid; forms of resistance and repression in the apartheid era; and the collapse of apartheid and the problems facing the new democratic nation."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-193) and index.
Table of contents: title: The changing history of South Africa; title: The conquest of the land; title: Changes in town and countryside; title: White supremacy, segregation and apartheid; title: The heyday of apartheid; title: The decline and fall of apartheid; title: The "new South Africa".