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South Africa : The Rise and Fall of Apartheid

ISBN: 9780582414372 | 0582414377
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/30/2004

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
William H. Worger is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

What's it about?Focusing on the rise and fall of Apartheid, this new introductory text explores the history of South Africa from 1948, when the Nationalists came to power, until its dramatic collapse in the 1990s. Two introductory chapters set the system of Apartheid in historical context, looking at the origins of population, slavery and early manifestations of racism, and the consolidation of white rule. The core of this book ... MORE
Introduction to the Seriesvii
Acknowledgementsviii
Chronologyix
List of Maps and Figuresxiv
Mapsxv
PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE... MORE(32)
1. INTRODUCTION
3(7)
Apartheid
3(3)
Historiography
6(4)
2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
10(23)
The Peoples of South Africa
10(5)
The Creation of South Africa: The South African War and its Aftermath
15(6)
Union and Segregation
21(2)
The African Response
23(3)
The Rise of Afrikanerdom
26(7)
PART TWO: ANALYSIS33(78)
3. THE BASIS OF APARTHEID
35(27)
Why Apartheid?
35(8)
The Implementation of Apartheid
43(2)
Early Apartheid Legislation
45(8)
Challenge and Repression
53(6)
The Grand Apartheid Solution
59(3)
4. GROWING CONTRADICTIONS
62(25)
The Impact of Apartheid
63(1)
The Failure of Grand Apartheid
64(5)
Essential Workers: The Failure of Labour Control
69(4)
Bantu Education and Black Consciousness
73(4)
The Apartheid Police State
77(2)
The Total Strategy
79(4)
From Failure to Reform?: The 1983 Constitution
83(4)
5. THE COLLAPSE OF APARTHEID
87(24)
Reform and Repression
87(3)
Insurrection
90(11)
Negotiation
101(10)
PART THREE: ASSESSMENT111(10)
6. THE LEGACY OF APARTHEID
113(8)
PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS121
Glossary
155(3)
Who's Who
158(3)
Guide to Further Reading
161(4)
References
165(3)
Index
168

Nancy L. Clark

Nancy L. Clark teaches history at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

William H. Worger

William H. Worger teaches history at University of California, Los Angeles.

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