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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824308203321

Autore

Beinart William

Titolo

Twentieth-century South Africa / / William Beinart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-383-00341-6

1-280-44466-5

0-19-158783-4

1-4237-6765-9

Edizione

[New ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

968.05

Soggetti

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

Previous edition: 1994.

Previously issued in print: 2001.

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

South Africa's unique history, especially during the 20th century, has kept it constantly in the headlines. William Beinart's study examines, in a detailed fashion, the social and political history of the country up to the 1990s.