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A concise history of South Africa
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"This book provides a succinct synthesis of South African history from the introduction of agriculture about 1500 years ago up to and including the government of Nelson Mandela. Stressing economic,...
"This book provides a succinct synthesis of South African history from the introduction of agriculture about 1500 years ago up to and including the government of Nelson Mandela. Stressing economic, social, cultural and environmental matters as well as political history, it shows how South Africa has become a single country."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Robert Ross
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999
- Physical Details
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- xv, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780521573139, 0521573130, 9780521575782, 0521575788
- OCLC
- ocm39538929
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-208) and index.
- 1. The settlement of the country -- 2. Colonial conquest -- 3. Unification -- 4. Consolidation -- 5. Apartheid -- 6. The costs of apartheid -- 7. 'Let freedom reign': the ending of apartheid and the transition to democracy, 1980-1994 -- 8. Epilogue: the acid rain of freedom