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Liberals, Marxists, and Nationalists

Competing Interpretations of South African History

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  1. Merle Lipton
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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Is Historical Truth Possible—and Does History Matter?

    • Merle Lipton
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Debate about South Africa I: Selected Issues Before 1910

    • Merle Lipton
    Pages 7-32

  4. The Debate about South Africa II: Selected Issues, 1910 90

    • Merle Lipton
    Pages 33-79

  5. The Debate about South Africa III: Other Factors Eroding Apartheid

    • Merle Lipton
    Pages 81-106

  6. Theory, Politics, and Psychology of the Debate

    • Merle Lipton
    Pages 107-136

  7. How Historians Shape the Future

    • Merle Lipton
    Pages 137-173

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 175-228
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This book examines conflicting interpretations of the origins, evolution, and end of apartheid. Lipton asserts that it began around 1970 with relatively non-violent reform, and ended following President de Klerk's release of Nelson Mandela, and his reinstatement of the African National Congress and other organizations, in February 1990.

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'To write this book demanded courage...For such a volume to make its case convincingly, meticulous citation and fair representation of arguments and evidence are critical...Merle Lipton proves that she has the qualifications for the task, bringing to bear a lifetime's knowledge of the literature.' - Anthony Lemon, Mansfield College, Oxford

About the author

MERLE LIPTON is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) and wrote this book while Senior Research Fellow at Sussex University, Brighton. Her publications include: Capitalism& Apartheid: South Africa, 1910-86; Sanctions& South Africa: the dynamics of economic isolation; State& Market in Post-Apartheid South Africa; and Land, Labour& Livelihoods in Rural South Africa.

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