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A history of South Africa

Leonard Monteath Thompson (Author)
"A leading scholar of South Africa provides a fresh and penetrating exploration of that country's history, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present, focusing primarily on the experiences of its black inhabitants. For this third edition, Leonard Thompson adds two new chapters that describe the transfer of power and the new South Africa under the presidencies of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki."-- Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2001
Third edition View all formats and editions
Yale University Press, New Haven, 2001
History
1 online resource (xxiv, 358 pages, 32 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps.
9780300128062, 9781448720385, 9781281729965, 9786611729967, 0300128061, 1448720389, 1281729965, 6611729968
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The Africans
The white invaders: the Cape Colony, 1652-1870
African wars and white invaders: southeast Africa, 1770-1870
Diamonds, gold, and British imperialism, 1870-1910
The segregation era, 1910-1948
The apartheid era, 1948-1978
Apartheid in crisis, 1978-1989
The political transition, 1989-1994
The new South Africa, 1994-2000
Appendix: statistics
English