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The end of apartheid in South Africa
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"The complex history and politics of South Africa form the backdrop of this study of the factors that contributed to both the end of apartheid and the movement from government by racial division to...
"The complex history and politics of South Africa form the backdrop of this study of the factors that contributed to both the end of apartheid and the movement from government by racial division toward government through national unity. This study and resource examines the history, people, and politics of South Africa in the age of apartheid." "The analysis of how all these factors culminated in the collapse of apartheid is enhanced by lengthy biographical profiles of sixteen key personalities, including Stephen Biko, Willem deKlerk, Nelson Mandela, and Desmond Tutu."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Lindsay Michie Eades
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999
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- xix, 209 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780313299384, 0313299382
- OCLC
- ocm39887167
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-199) and index.
- Chronology of events -- The end of apartheid in South Africa explained -- Historical background -- Racial separation -- The parties and the process of transition -- Internal and external pressure -- Challenges of a new democracy -- Biographies: the personalities behind apartheid and its end -- Primary documents of the end of apartheid in South Africa -- Glossary of selected terms -- Annotated bibliography