The Making of Modern South Africa
Subtitle: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy (Historical Association Studies)
Edition: 4 edition
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Blackwell Pub.
Published: August 24, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781405154291
Subjects: African history; Apartheid; South Africa - History; History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Republic of South Africa; Africa - South - Republic of South Africa; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Political Process - General; History / Modern / 20th Century; Discrimination & Racism; Democracy; Race relations; South Africa
Description: "In The Making of Modern South Africa, Nigel Worden provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the key themes and debates central to an understanding of the region." "The book examines the major issues in South Africa's history: the colonial conquests of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the establishment of racism, segregation and apartheid; the spirit of reform, resistance and repression of the 1980s; and the eventual break-up of institutional apartheid and founding of democracy."--BOOK JACKET.