The Cambridge History of South Africa: 1885-1994: Volume 2 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521869838 ISBN 13: 9780521869836

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2011

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This book surveys South African history from the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand in the late nineteenth century to the first democratic elections in 1994. Written by many of the leading historians of the country, it pulls together four decades of scholarship to present a detailed overview of South Africa during the twentieth century.

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This book surveys South African history from the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand in the late nineteenth century to the first democratic elections in 1994. Written by many of the leading historians of the country, it pulls together four decades of scholarship to present a detailed overview of South Africa during the twentieth century. It covers political, economic, social and intellectual developments and their interconnections in a clear and objective manner. This book, the second of two volumes, represents an important reassessment of all the major historical events, developments and records of South Africa and will be an important new tool for students and professors of African history worldwide, as well as the basis for further development and research.

Biografía del autor

Robert Ross received a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1974 and has worked since then at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has written seven books, including A Concise History of South Africa and Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony: A Tragedy of Manners, both published by Cambridge University Press in 1999.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521869838
• ISBN 13: 9780521869836
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 736
• Herausgeber: Ross Robert, Mager Anne Kelk, Nasson Bill