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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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The Prelude to White Domination
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The Setting of the Human Problem
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Chiefdoms, Republics and Colonies in the Nineteenth Century
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The Consolidation of a White State
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The Age of the Social Engineers
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'This work is a remarkable tour de force; to have managed to deal so brilliantly within the compass of a few hundred pages with the fascinating history of South Africa from prehistoric times right up to the second democratic elections of that beloved country'. - the Most Reverend Desmond Tutu, Emeritus Archbishop of Cape Town
'Probably the best one-volume work on the subject yet published.' - Marcel Berlins, The Times Educational Supplement
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS is Associate Professor in the History Department at the University of Cape Town. He is the author of numerous books and articles on aspects of South African history, including The Making of South Africa (1988), A Historical Dictionary of South Africa (1983 , new ed. 1999) and many articles in the South African History Journal.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: South Africa
Book Subtitle: A Modern History
Authors: T. R. H. Davenport, Christopher Saunders
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230287549
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-312-23376-1Published: 08 March 2000
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28754-9Published: 08 March 2000
Edition Number: 5
Number of Pages: XXX, 807
Topics: African History, Asian History, Modern History