South Africa

An Historical Introduction
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-32284-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 702 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: South Africa

Originally published in 1972, this book covers South African history from the earliest times up to 1968. After portraying the land itself, its people and their migrations, it describes what early travellers found and the arrival of the first white settlers in 1652 under the aegis of the Dutch East India Company. The arrival of the British in 1795, the period of expansion, Wars of Dispossession, the founding of the Boer republics, discovery of gold and diamonds, the Anglo-Boer war and Union are all discussed. Showing that the roots of Apartheid lay deep in South Africa’s history, which repeated itself again and again, the author concludes ‘The tragedy and shame of it is that for so long there was such a fiercely glowing faith in British rule and British justice; yet when Britain had the power to check and control discrimination she did not.’

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Troup, Freda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Country (Before 1652) 2. The Company (1652-1795) 3. The Colony (1795-1884) 4. The Union (1884-1910) 5. The Nation (1910-48) 6. The Volk (1948-58) 7. The Republic (1958-68).

Über Autor(innen)

Freda Troup was a South African author and anti-Apartheid activist.