Coming fifteen years after South Africa's achievement of majority rule, this book takes a critical and searching look at the country's past. It presents South Africa's past in an objective, clear, and refreshing manner. With chapters contributed by ten of the best historians of the country, the book elaborately weaves together new data, interpretations, and perspectives on the South African past, from the Early Iron Age to the eve of the mineral revolution on the Rand. Its findings incorporate new sources, methods, and ...
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Coming fifteen years after South Africa's achievement of majority rule, this book takes a critical and searching look at the country's past. It presents South Africa's past in an objective, clear, and refreshing manner. With chapters contributed by ten of the best historians of the country, the book elaborately weaves together new data, interpretations, and perspectives on the South African past, from the Early Iron Age to the eve of the mineral revolution on the Rand. Its findings incorporate new sources, methods, and concepts, for example providing new data on the relations between Africans and colonial invaders and rethinking crucial issues of identity and consciousness. This book represents an important reassessment of all the major historical events, developments, and records of South Africa - written, oral, and archaeological - and will be an important new tool for students and professors of African history worldwide.
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New. Contains: Halftones, Maps. Cambridge History of South Africa 2 Volume Set ; Cambridge History of South Africa . Includes: maps, halftones. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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New. Contains: Halftones, Maps. Cambridge History of South Africa 2 Volume Set ; Cambridge History of South Africa . Includes: maps, halftones. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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New. Contains: Halftones, Maps. Cambridge History of South Africa 2 Volume Set ; Cambridge History of South Africa . Includes: halftones, maps. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
