South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid / Edition 2

by Taylor and Francis

Overview

Apartheid was an oppressive and brutal system of racial discrimination that captured and appalled world opinion during the latter half of the twentieth century. South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid examines the history of South Africa during this period of apartheid: from 1948 when the Nationalists came to power, through to the collapse of the system in the 1990s.

Written in a clear and accessible manner, the book:

• charts the history of the apartheid regime, starting with the institution of the policy, through the mounting opposition in the 1970’s and 1980’s, to its eventual collapse in the 1990’s
• highlights the internal contradictions of white supremacy
• demonstrates how black opposition, from that of Nelson Mandela to that of thousands of ordinary people, finally brought an end to white minority rule
• provides an extensive set of documents to give insight into the minds of those who fashioned and those who opposed apartheid
• discusses the subsequent legacy of apartheid

Also containing a Chronology, Glossary, Who’s Who of leading figures and Guide to Further Reading, this book provides students with the most up-to-date and succinct introduction to the ideology and practice of apartheid in South Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781408245644
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/18/2011
Series:	Seminar Studies Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Nancy L. Clark and William H. Worger have been researching and writing about the history of South Africa since first visiting the country in the mid 1970s. Nancy L. Clark is currently Professor of History at Louisiana State University. William H. Worger is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

List of maps and figures

Publisher's acknowledgements

Chronology

Who's who

Glossary

Maps

PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE

1. INTRODUCTION

Apartheid

Historiography

2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The peoples of South Africa

The creation of South Africa: The South African War and its aftermath

Union and Segregation

The African response

The rise of Afrikanerdom

PART 2: ANALYSIS

3. THE BASIS OF APARTHEID

Why apartheid?

The implementation of apartheid

Early Apartheid legislation

Challenge and repression

The grand apartheid solution

4. GROWING CONTRADICTIONS

The impact of apartheid

The failure of apartheid

Essential workers: The failure of labour control

Bantu education and black consciousness

The apartheid police state

The total strategy

From failure to reform?: The 1983 Constitution

5. THE COLLAPSE OF APARTHEID

Reform and repression

Insurrection

Negotiation

PART 3: ASSESSMENT

6. THE LEGACY OF APARTHEID

PART 4: DOCUMENTS

Guide to further reading

References

Index

Editorial Reviews

"South Africa: The rise and fall of apartheid provides a detailed, informed, and highly readable introduction to the major themes concerning apartheid South Africa, its development, evolution, and ultimately its collapse. It offers a quick and informative entry point for those new to South African history, covering a broad overview of key political, societal and economic issues. What makes this book particularly useful is the section assessing the diverse historiography, supplemented by a range of key primary documents from across the apartheid era. An analytical and accessible insight into apartheid South Africa."

Matthew Graham, University of Dundee, UK

"Clark and Worger’s South Africa remains one of the most relevant yet accessible texts for students of Apartheid. Including key timelines, source documents and analytical essays this 3rd edition shows the universal demand for this important work which has been updated to incorporate life in post-Apartheid South Africa up to 2015."

Nicholas J. Evans, University of Hull, UK

"The 3rd edition of Clark & Worger's South Africa is a wonderfully concise but extremely thorough account of apartheid, which makes the complexities and contradictions of modern South African history accessible to undergraduate students. The addition of electronic resources, films, and suggestions for further reading in the the 3rd edition not only complement the combination of narrative and primary sources within the text, but also serve as a valuable tool for instructional course design and student research. It is an ideal text for an undergraduate classroom."

Molly McCullers, University of West Georgia, USA

"This revised edition offers a timely and relevant introduction to a complex and still contested period of South Africa’s past. It is thoughtfully expanded to include primary sources and recent historiography which emphasize the social dimensions and repercussions of apartheid. Teachers and students of South African history will find the historical documents and the updated further reading (with new visual and online sources) sections particularly useful resources."

Rebekah Lee, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

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