South Africa : The Rise and Fall of Apartheid
ISBN: 9781408245644 | 1408245647
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 8/4/2011
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Apartheid was an oppressive and brutal system of racial discrimination that captured and appalled world opinion during the latter half of the twentieth century. South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid examines the history of South Africa during this period of apartheid: from 1948 when the Nationalists came to power, through to the collapse of the system in the 1990s. Written in a clear and accessible manner, the book: charts the history of the apartheid regime, starting with the institution of the policy, through the mounting opposition in... MORE
List of maps and figures
Publisher's acknowledgements
Chronology
Who's who
Glossary
Maps
PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE
1. INTRODUCTION
Apartheid
Historiography
2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The peoples of South Africa
The creation of South Africa: The South African War and its aftermath
Union and Segregation
The African response
The rise of Afrikanerdom
PART 2: ANALYSIS
3. THE BASIS OF APARTHEID
Why apartheid?
The... MORE
Early Apartheid legislation
Challenge and repression
The grand apartheid solution
4. GROWING CONTRADICTIONS
The impact of apartheid
The failure of apartheid
Essential workers: The failure of labour control
Bantu education and black consciousness
The apartheid police state
The total strategy
From failure to reform?: The 1983 Constitution
5. THE COLLAPSE OF APARTHEID
Reform and repression
Insurrection
Negotiation
PART 3: ASSESSMENT
6. THE LEGACY OF APARTHEID
PART 4: DOCUMENTS
Guide to further reading
References
Index
NANCY L. CLARK and WILLIAM H. WORGER have been researching and writing about the history of South Africa since first visiting the country in the mid 1970s. Nancy L. Clark is currently Professor of History at Louisiana State University. William H. Worger is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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