Twentieth-century South Africa [[electronic resource] /] / William Beinart

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451993203321
• Autore: Beinart William
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
• ISBN: 1-280-44466-5; 0-19-158783-4; 1-4237-6765-9
• Edizione: [New ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
• Collana: OPUS
• Disciplina: 968.05
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; South Africa History 20th century; South Africa Politics and government 1836-1909; South Africa Politics and government 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-391) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Maps, Tables, and Figures; Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction: Conquest, the State, and Society; PART I. A State without a Nation, 1880-1948; PART II. Afrikaner Power and the Rise of Mass Opposition, 1948-1994; PART III. The New South Africa, 1994-2000; Appendix 1. Notes on Tables and Figures; Appendix 2. Tables; Appendix 3. Figures; Bibliography; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An innovative examination of the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped twentieth-century South Africa. This book provides a stimulating introduction to the history of South Africa in the twentieth century. It draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on that country and, to a greater extent than previous accounts, weaves economic and cultural history into the political narrative. Apartheid and industrialization, especially mining, are central theme, as is the rise of nationalism in the Afrikaner and African communities. But the author also emphasizes