Short History of South Africa
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2017
Biteback Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78590-293-2 (ISBN)
Biteback Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78590-293-2 (ISBN)
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Published ahead of crucial ANC leadership elections in December 2017, A Short History of South Africa is an entertaining and accessible account of South African history.
South Africa is popularly perceived as the most influential nation in Africa - a gateway to an entire continent for finance, trade and politics, and a crucial mediator in its neighbours' affairs. On the other hand, post-Apartheid dreams of progress and reform have, in part, collapsed into a morass of corruption, unemployment and criminal violence. A Short History of South Africa is a brief, general account of the history of this most complicated and fascinating country - from the first evidence of hominid existence to the wars of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that led to the establishment of modern South Africa, the horrors of Apartheid and the optimism following its collapse, as well as the prospects and challenges for the future. This readable and thorough account, illustrated with maps and photographs, is the culmination of a lifetime of researching and teaching the broad spectrum of South African history. Nattrass's passion for her subject shines through, whether she is elucidating the reader on early humans in the cradle of humankind, or describing the tumultuous twentieth-century processes that shaped the democracy that is South Africa today.
South Africa is popularly perceived as the most influential nation in Africa - a gateway to an entire continent for finance, trade and politics, and a crucial mediator in its neighbours' affairs. On the other hand, post-Apartheid dreams of progress and reform have, in part, collapsed into a morass of corruption, unemployment and criminal violence. A Short History of South Africa is a brief, general account of the history of this most complicated and fascinating country - from the first evidence of hominid existence to the wars of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that led to the establishment of modern South Africa, the horrors of Apartheid and the optimism following its collapse, as well as the prospects and challenges for the future. This readable and thorough account, illustrated with maps and photographs, is the culmination of a lifetime of researching and teaching the broad spectrum of South African history. Nattrass's passion for her subject shines through, whether she is elucidating the reader on early humans in the cradle of humankind, or describing the tumultuous twentieth-century processes that shaped the democracy that is South Africa today.
Gail Nattrass lectured in the history department at the School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, for twenty years. She is the author of The Rooiberg Story, the co-editor with S. B. Spies of Jan Smuts: Memoirs of the Boer War and a contributor to They Shaped Our Century and Leaders of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.11.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Maps and Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78590-293-8 / 1785902938 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78590-293-2 / 9781785902932 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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