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The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy (Historical Association Studies)
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by Nigel Worden
Sales Rank: 388254
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$31.95
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on 6-17-2008.
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 216 pages
Published by: Wiley-BlackwellEdition: 4th Edition August 24, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1405154292
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1405154291
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 12.6 ounces
Product Review
Of the second edition:
"A masterly summary of the major themes which have gone into the making of modern South Africa and of the debates which historians have had about them. It is clear and succinct; marvellously well-researched; absolutely up-to-date; and easily accessible to the general reader. It is at once the best book of its kind available."
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History <!--end-->
"Nigel Worden's book has a good chronology, great bibliography and it certainly enriches the literature on South Africa."
Africa World Review
"Good, scholarly one-volume overviews of South African history are not plentiful. The Making of Modern South Africa, is already proving invaluable to students and lecturer alike because it is so up to date the book is admirably organized, remarkably comprehensive and bound to be widely used."
The English Historical Review
"Worden's presentation is always erudite and balanced. He is to be congratulated in providing a masterly history of modern South Africa which should have a wide audience"
The Australian Association for Maritime History
"It is well written and balanced in its presentation of the South African history, such as the inclusion of the importance of gender and environmental history."
West Africa
Of the third edition:
"That Worden explains the major themes in South African history in such a thin volume while remaining concise, readable and balanced, is quite an achievement for a book that can serve as an great introductory text for history and political courses on modern South Africa."
Journal of Modern African Studies
Product Description
A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the key themes and debates central to an understanding of the region.
- Examines the major issues in South Africa's history, including colonial conquest; the establishment of racism, segregation, and apartheid; resistance movements; and the eventual founding of democracy
- Provides a sharp, analytical overview of the new South Africa
- For this fourth edition, a completely rewritten final chapter brings the story up to the present
- Incorporates the findings of new research since 2000
- Contains new and revised maps and an updated further reading section
Reader Reviews
Picking up where David Yudelman's The Emergence of Modern South Africa: State, Capital, and the Incorporation of Organized Labor on the South African Gold Fields, 1902-1939 (Contributions in Comparative Colonial Studies) this book seeks to complete the picture of the development of South Africa. However it primarily views this through a post-apartheid lens where there is a good versus evil approach where the 'indigenous' people are always suppressed by the 'evil' people from outside. This is a narrow minded view. the idea that South Africa's history is primarily one of 'conquest' and 'Apartheid' is a mistaken view. Afrikaners lived in South Africa for two hundred years before the advent of Apartheid. The 'conquest' of South Arica was one that also involved Zulus conquering others. This book seems to ignore this diverse history, especially as it relates to the Coloured people and the Indian/Asian population of South Africa. This is unjust and an unfair telling of history, especially as it ignores the evils of the Boer War. But this is history as it is being told. Seth J. Frantzman
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