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A History of South Africa

A History of South Africa

Thompson, Leonard
Berat, Lynn

Paperback

African HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0300189354
ISBN13: 9780300189353
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Apr 29 2014
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.12
Height: 1.36 Width: 5.77 Depth: 8.23
Language: English
A fresh and penetrating exploration of South Africa's history, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present

I did not think it was possible for a white person to write a history of South Africa which a black South African would find to be a fair and accurate account of a beautiful land and its people. Leonard Thompson has disabused me of that notion. His is a history that is both accurate and authentic, written in a delightful literary style.--Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The Fourth Edition of this classic text brings South Africa's history up to date with a new chapter chronicling the first presidential term of Mbeki and ending with the funeral of Nelson Mandela.

An admirably objective history of South Africa . . . [that] will be most useful in contemplating the country's future.--Lorna Hahn, New York Times Book Review

This is a work of insight and durability that is certain to assist South Africa's coming generation of nation-builders to reach a more objective understanding of their past.--Foreign Affairs

Concentrating on southern Africa's black inhabitants, rather than on its white minority, this work has received universal praise from scholars and activists alike.--Washington Post Book World

The text is basic for any reader who wishes to comprehend the historical patterns that preface the struggles that seethe and boil in this country. A careful, reliable book for student research.--School Library Journal

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