The definitive history of the Afrikaners based on recent scholarly work and the authors' own research and interviews. Looks at the historical and social reasons that this numerically small group of immigrants made such an impact on Southern Africa. This study also offers new perspectives on the formation of Afrikaner ideology as they changed from Europeans to Africans and the cultural justifications of apartheid. Index, bib, notes, tables, 698pp, UK . HURST.

2003 1850657149 Paperback

A history of 26 battles, rebellions and pivotal incidents between 1725 and 1927, bringing to life events in South African history. Includes a colour map of the battle sites. Sources, 224pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

Gives an overview of important political and social events in this country's turbulent history. Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Index, bib, 160pp, SOUTH AFRICA. NEW AFRICA EDUCATION PUBLISHING.

Coming fifteen years after South Africa's achievement of majority rule, this book takes a critical and searching look at the country’s past. The books chapters, by ten of the best historians of South Africa, represent a reassessment of the major historical events, developments, and records of South Africa and will be an important new tool for students and professors of African history worldwide. 472pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Surveys South African history from the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand in the late nineteenth century to the first democratic elections in 1994. Written by many of the leading historians of the country, it pulls together four decades of scholarship to present a detailed overview of South Africa during the twentieth century. It covers political, economic, social and intellectual developments and their intercon-nections in a clear and objective manner. This book, the second of two volumes, represents an important reassessment of all the major historical events, developments and records of South Africa and will be an important new tool for students and professors of African history worldwide, as well as the basis for further development and research. 744pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A definitive, illustrated social history of Cape Town, tracing the changing character of the city under Dutch and British rule from 1642 to the present day. Illustrated with colour and b/w images, photographs and maps. Index, 283pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

This richly illustrated book tells the story of the city's residents, the world they have inhabited and the city they have made - beginning with the British colonial town poised on the brink of the Anglo-Boer War and ending with the modern African city, struggling with the legacy of social division and poverty yet approaching the new millennium with an undiminished sense of its beauty, history and identity. Illus. refs, index. 255pp. SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP PUBLISHERS.

New in paperback. Epic history of the making of South Africa. Covering the extraordinarily eventful four decades leading up to the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910, it relates some of the most iconic tales of imperial history: the Zulus at Rorke's Drift; the Jameson Raid; the diamond and gold rushes at Kimberley and Witwatersrand; the Boer wars; the titanic struggle between the arch-imperialist Cecil Rhodes and his Boer rival, Paul Kruger. Index, bib, b/w photos, 570pp, UK. POCKET BOOKS.

A multi-disciplinary study of the original inhabitants along the Orange River and its hinterland, long known more as a convenient political boundary than for its life-giving resources. Bib, index, 330pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN PRESS.

The aim of the book is to give an overview of and insight into the complexity and variety of what can be broadly termed Indian South African history and experience. Photographs of well-known personalities, ranging from Gandhi to modern-day government ministers, appear alongside those of humble people going about their daily lives, then and now. A selection of photographs submitted by private individuals conclude the book. The authoritative introduction provides a historical overview, from the first arrivals to the current situation. It is followed by an extensive photo section of 260 photographs which reinforces the story with striking visual images spanning two centuries. The visual material is arranged according to the following themes: Indentured workers, free Indians and traders; private and public lives; Gandhi and after; and from the family album. 240pp, illus, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

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Twenty-five illustrated chapters explain key themes and explore the lives of key persons in South African history. It honours ordinary and extraordinary people and moments in the country's past - from Olive Schreiner's fight for women's rights to Archbishop Desmond Tutu's leadership of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Each intimate portrait reveals the impact that segregation and apartheid had on people's daily lives. The narrative is enriched by the hitherto unseen archival images. 216pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

The author, an art historian, examines how strategies for embodying different models of historical knowledge and experience are negotiates in monuments, museums and contemporary fine art. She explores the dilemmas posed by a wide range of visual and material culture including South African heritage sites. Index, bib, b/w illus, xviii, 366pp, USA. DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A major study of inequality in South Africa from 1652 until the present. The author looks at the historical reasons for the development of inequality such as colonialism, segregation and apartheid. The most sustained analysis however, is of modern forms of exploitation and poverty in South Africa, and the failure of ANC to remain true to their egalitarian roots and redistributive ideals. Index, refs, app, notes, xvi, 527pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Baruch Hirson was a towering figure of the intellectual Left in South Africa for much of the 20th century. Yael Hirson has collected his writings to produce a comprehensive picture which in-cludes the role of trade unions, the Communist Party, Trotyskist groups, and questions of race, colour and class in the struggle against apartheid. Index, bib, notes, xix, 268pp, UK. I B TAURIS. 1850434549

In this collection, some of South Africa's most distinguished historians and social scientists present their views on the importance of history and heritage for the transformation of the South African society. Although popular use of history helped remove apartheid, the study of history lost status during the transition process. Some of the reasons for this, like the nature of the negotiated revolution, social demobilisation, and individualisation, are analysed in this book. 300pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE.

Focusing on a prototypical company town this study draws a stark and startling portrait of this closed community and analyzes the power and hegemonic powers associated with that power. Figs, tables, b/w ill, map, notes, bib, index, app, xvi, 257pp, USA. OHIO U P, 0821413783

Indirect rule - the British colonial policy of employing indigenous tribal chiefs as political intermediaries - has typically been understood by scholars as little more than an expedient solution to imperial personnel shortages. A re-examination of the history of indirect rule in South Africa reveals it to have been much more: an ideological strategy designed to win legitimacy for colonial officials. Indirect rule became the basic template from which segregation and apartheid emerged during the twentieth century and set the stage for a post-apartheid debate over African political identity and traditional authority that continues to shape South African politics today. This new study, based on firsthand field research and archival material only recently made available to scholars, unveils the inner workings of South African segregation. Index, bib, notes, 140pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER PRESS.

In examining the intellectual history in contemporary South Africa, Eze engages with the emergence of ubuntu as one discourse that has become a mirror and aftermath of South Africa's overall historical narrative. This book interrogates a triple socio-political representation of ubuntu as a displacement narrative for South Africa's colonial consciousness; as offering a new national imaginary through its inclusive consciousness, in which different, competing, and often antagonistic memories and histories are accommodated; and as offering a historicity in which the past is transformed as a symbol of hope for the present and the future. 234pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

This is the first book to provide a broad overview of the history of psychology in South Africa. Building on the small but significant body of existing local historical work, this volume expands the historical focus considerably by presenting the discipline both in its formal academic development and its complex entanglement with the economic and political developments of this society during the twentieth century. 486pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

Spanning the past two centuries, this richly illustrated book explores the fascinating role played by the small but highly significant community in the economic, political, social and cultural life of South Africa. The first comprehensive history to appear in over 50 years, it includes a wide range of historically important photographs, many long unseen, and encompasses a broad swathe of Jewish life, from the bimah and the boardroom to the bowling green. Beginning with the first Jewish immigrants to South Africa, and depicting the fragility of the early foundations and the shifting fortunes of this infant community, the book traces its development to robust maturity amidst turbulent social and political currents. These include the strident anti-semitism of the 1930s, the moral dilemmas of the apartheid era, the subsequent turbulent transition towards a non-racial democracy, the birth of the New South Africa and the fresh challenges and promise that have followed in its wake up to the present day. Index, bib, gloss, 234pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL.

The story of the diamond mining city in South Africa. Refs, index, 412pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP..

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Under the aegis of the post-apartheid government, much emphasis has been placed on the transforma-tion and democratisation of the heritage sector in South Africa since 1994. The emergent new landscape of memory relies heavily on commemorative monuments, memorials and statues aimed at reconciliation, nation-building and the creation of a shared public history. But not everyone identifies with these new symbolic markers and their associated interpretation of the past. Drawing on a number of theoretical perspectives, this book critically investigates the flourishing monument phenomenon in South Africa, the political discourses that fuel it; its impact on identity formation, its potential benefits, and most importantly its ambivalences and contradictions. 410pp, NETHERLANDS. BRILL.

Compares conflicting interpretations of South African history, particularly the relative importance of mass action, armed struggle, economic sanctions & pressures from business in ending apartheid. Lipton argues that apartheid was ended by a combination of reform from above and pressure from below, in an international context that, from the mid-1980s, favoured accommo-dation rather than intensified repression & revolution. Questions the extent to which the competing liberal, Marxist and (African & Afrikaner) nationalist interpretations can by explained by differences over the facts or by the underlying theories, political commitments and/or professional loyalties and ambitions of historians. 240pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

New in paperback. An important study of the volatile relationship between South Africa and Britain since the Boer War of 1899-1902 until South Africa's return to the Commonwealth in 1994. Index, maps, tables, 7 half-tones, 394pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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. Two volumes - THE MAKING OF MODERN SOUTH AFRICA plus A HISTORY OF MODERN AFRICA (2008: WILEY-BLACKWELL) - sold as a set (shrink-wrapped). 624pp, UK. WILEY-BLACKWELL.

The first comprehensive military history of South Africa from the beginning of European colonization in the Cape during the 1650s to the current post-apartheid republic. With special emphasis on the last two hundred years, this well-balanced analysis stresses the historical significance of warfare and military structures in the shaping of modern South African society. Important themes include military adaptation during the process of colonial conquest and African resistance; the growth of South Africa as a regional military power from the early 20th century; and, South African involvement in conflicts of the decoloniza-tion era. Organized chronologically, each chapter reviews the major conflicts, policies, and military issues of a specific period in South African history. Coverage includes the Wars of Colonial Conquest (1830-69); Diamond Wars (1869-81); The Boer Wars (1880-81, 1899-1902); Gold Wars (1886-1910); World Wars (1910-45); and, Apartheid Wars (1948-94). 229pp, USA. PRAEGER.

Written by some of South Africa's foremost researchers, and richly illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs, it tells a story beginning with the geological records of the first emergence of life on earth three to five billion years ago and concluding with the dawn of an inclusive democracy in South Africa. Areas covered include geology, archaeology, rock art, traditions of early settlement, frontier conflicts, the South African War, conservation, economic development, the contemporary political struggles in the 20th century, and the significance of all of this in the light of contemporary debates over heritage. Index, b/w & col photos, 522pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

New in paperback. Over the decades we have heard a great deal about Shaka, the most famous (or infamous) of Zulu leaders. It may come as a surprise, therefore, that we do not know when he was born, nor what he looked like, nor precisely when or why he was assassinated. His public image, sometimes monstrous, sometimes heroic, juggernauts on, a 'myth of iron' that is so intriguing, so dramatic, so archetypal, and sometimes so politically useful, that few have subjected it to proper scrutiny. This study sets out, as far as possible, all the available evidence (mainly from hitherto under-utilised Zulu oral testimonies, supported by other documentary sources) and decides, item by item, legend by legend, what exactly we can know about Shaka's reign. The picture that emerges in this meticulously researched and absorbing 'anti-biography'. Index, bib, notes, 615pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Reissue of this classic account of life in South Africa, from an early leader of the ANC. New foreword by Kader Asmal. 366pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PICADOR AFRICA.

It has been more than a decade since the last illustrated history of South Africa has appeared. Far-reaching changes have since affected not only the country, but also the writing of history and this authoritative new work brims with fresh insights and a fresh approach to the story of this turbulent and fascinating country. Up-to-date international research is woven into a readable narrative history written by 28 of South Africa's leading historians and edited by two heavy-weight authorities. The book starts with prehistory, through early mankind, the Khoikhoi, slaves, the growing working class, the great migration of the pre-colonial times and later, diamonds and gold, local war at the end of the 19th century and world wars which impacted locally, political organisation and resistance and the transition of 1994, ending with an explora-tion of the unexpected dynamics of a new society. Full colour throughout & illustrated with over 600 images, including maps. 454pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG.

Shows how the cultural, political, socio-economic and intellectual evolutions that gave birth to South Africa as we know it today affect the oral history process. It seeks to help practitioners, whether they use oral history as one technique among others to gain a better knowledge of the past, or envisage oral history as an academic discipline in its own right, to reflect critically on their practice and find better ways of handling the interview process. 196pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Drawing largely from original sources, Paul Landau presents a history of the politics of the country's people, from the time of their early settlements in the elevated heartlands, through the colonial era, to the dawn of Apartheid. A practical tradition of mobilization, alliance, and amalgamation persisted, mutated, and occasionally vanished from view; it survived against the odds in several forms, in tribalisms, Christian assemblies, and other, seemingly hybrid movements; and it continues today. Landau treats southern Africa broadly, concentrating increasingly on the southern highveld and ultimately focusing on a transnational movement called the 'Samuelites'. He shows how people's politics in South Africa were suppressed and transformed, but never entirely eliminated. 320pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Explores the relationship between colonial conquest and the making of South Africa's rural poor. Based on a wealth of archival sources, this detailed history changes our understanding of the origins of the gut-wrenching poverty that characterizes rural areas today. Crais shifts attention away from general models of economic change and focuses on the enduring implications of violence in shaping South Africa's past and present. Crais details the devastation wrought by European forces and their African auxiliaries. Their violence led to wanton bloodshed, large-scale destruction of property, and famine. Crais explores how the survivors struggled to remake their lives, including the adoption of new crops, and the world of inequality and vulnerability colonial violence bequeathed. He concludes with a discussion of contemporary challenges and the threats to democracy in South Africa. 200pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A major history of the township of Sophiatown in western Johannesburg. Using previously unknown archival material and oral sources, the author presents a detailed portrait of life in the township at the centre of black urban culture and politics of the 1940s and 1950s. BNS, USA. GREENWOOD PUBLISHING GROUP.

Guide book about seven decisive battles which shaped South Africa: Blood River (1838), Isandhlwana/Rorke's Drift (1879), Majuba (1881), Colenso [Black Week] (1899), Delville Wood (1916), The Western Desert [Sidi Rezegh, Tobruk and El Alamein] (1942), and Cuito Cuanavale (1988). Extensively illustrated. Index, 196pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG.

An account of South Africa's long and complex history looking at the development of the nation, racial conflicts and segregation, and the transformation of the Afrikaners from a victimised minority to international outcasts. The author also shows how South Africa has been, and continues to be governed by an elite, whose motivations lie not with the welfare of the country and its people, but with its own self interest. Index, maps, xxiii, 244pp, UK. WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON.

Revised edition of a very large and comprehensive history, surveying the African people, the colonial and independent states, Apartheid, politics, and political economy. This 5th edition is revised to include new scholarly perspectives and to cover the Mandela government. It has a new chapter on the Truth and Reconciliation committee and a revised and updated bib. Maps, illus, tables, index, xxx, 807pp, UK. MACMILLAN.

Examines how the treaty-making process of the 1994 and 1996 constitutions promoted change in the country, as Parliament was required to support treaties. Sig-nificant pieces of history are shown in palatable chunks. Part One encompasses treaty-making in the Colonies, the Boer Republics, the development of South Afri-can treaty making powers from 1910-1998 and a selection of treaties that illustrate the country's international relations from 1919-1998. Part Two covers a chrono-logical listing of treaties including South African Republic, Union of South Africa and pre-1910 treaties ratified by South Africa. Two indexes, 880pp, USA. SCARECROW.

A complete and concise history designed for travellers to the country. Includes a time line and a guide to further reading. Illustrated with b/w line drawings and maps. Index, 301pp, UK. PHOENIX.