A traveller's history of South Africa / David Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mason, David, 1969-

Series:

Traveller's history

The traveller's history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Africa--History.

South Africa.

South Africa--Description and travel.

South Africa--Guidebooks.

Travel.

Genre:

travel guidebooks.

Guidebooks.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Interlink Books, 2004.

Summary:

A penetrating overview of South Africa and its varied and complex history that will appeal to the many visitors to the country and anyone fascinated by its present and past. A Traveller's History of South Africa is intended as a comprehensive single-volume survey of one of today's most popular and exciting destinations. Lifting the lid on this most multicultural of societies--and its chequered past--the book begins by tracing the evolution of South Africa from prehistoric times, taking into account the most recent archaeological and anthropological findings. It then charts the penetration of the region by European explorers and traders; the political, social, and economic developments that followed on from this, and, finally, the complicated descent into state repression of the black-majority population after the Second World War. Bringing the story up-to-date, the book also includes practical information for the visitor, as well as a full compendium of historical facts and data. Illustrated with line drawings and historical maps, this is an invaluable book for all visitors and armchair travellers. ... Publisher description.

Contents:

The rainbow nation: land, state and people

Earliest times: indigenous civilisation, to c. 1500

Colonisation, c. 1500-1800

Conflict: developments in African and European Southern Africa, c. 1800-1870

Diamonds, gold, war: South Africa in the late nineteenth century

Unification and segregation: South Africa in the early twentieth century

The rise of Apartheid, 1948 to c. 1970

The demise of Apartheid, the 1970s and 1980s

Truth and reconciliation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 278) and index.

Local Notes:

The Arnold-Rolph Boer History Collection.

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

Other Format:

Online version: Mason, David, 1969- Traveller's history of South Africa.

ISBN:

1566565057

9781566565059

OCLC:

51505810