Research Catalog

Title

The making of modern South Africa : conquest, apartheid, democracy / Nigel Worden.

Author

Worden, Nigel, 1955-

Publication

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

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Details

Description

xviii, 198 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"In The Making of Modern South Africa, Nigel Worden provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the key themes and debates central to an understanding of the region." "The book examines the major issues in South Africa's history: the colonial conquests of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the establishment of racism, segregation and apartheid; the spirit of reform, resistance and repression of the 1980s; and the eventual break-up of institutional apartheid and founding of democracy."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Historical Association studies

Uniform Title

Historical Association studies

Subject

• Democracy > South Africa
• Apartheid > South Africa
• Apartheid
• Democracy
• Politics and government
• Race relations
• Apartheid
• Politische Reform
• Demokratie
• Politik
• South Africa > History
• South Africa > Politics and government
• South Africa > Race relations
• South Africa
• Südafrika
• Sydafrikanska republiken > historia
• Südafrika <Staat>

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-189) and index.

Contents

Introduction : the changing history of South Africa -- The conquest of the land -- Changes in town and countryside -- White supremacy, segregation and apartheid -- The heyday of apartheid -- The decline and fall of apartheid -- The 'New South Africa.'

ISBN

• 9781405154291
• 1405154292

LCCN

• 2007004387
• 99818642712

OCLC

• ocm82673581
• 82673581
• SCSB-8934969

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library