Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa (Rewriting Histories)

✍ Scribed by W. Beinart

Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Leaves: 301
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

As South Africa moves towards majority rule, and blacks begin to exercise direct political power, apartheid becomes a thing of the past - but its legacy in South African history will be indelible. this book is designed to introduce students to a range of interpretations of one of South Africa's central social characteristics: racial segregation. It: • brings together eleven articles which span the whole history of segregation from its origins to its final collapse • reviews the new historiography of segregation and the wide variety of intellectual traditions on which it is based • includes a glossary, explanatory notes and further reading.

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