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Title:
The history of South Africa / Roger B. Beck.
Author:
Beck, Roger B.
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, 2014.
Call Number:
DT1787 .B43 2014
Abstract:
"South Africa's history stretches back to the beginnings of human existence. This book provides an overview to South Africa's multiple millennia of history, covering its long and often troubled past to its current status in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.
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Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781610695268
Series:
The Greenwood histories of the modern nations

Greenwood histories of the modern nations.
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 301 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Timeline of historical events -- South Africa today -- The first South Africans, 4 million B.C.E.-1488 C.E. -- European invasion, 1488-1795 -- The British and the Cape colony, 1795-1870 -- African states, Afrikaner republics, and British imperialism, 1770-1870 -- The British imperial age, 1870-1910 -- White union and Black segregation : preparing for apartheid, 1910-1948 -- The apartheid years, 1948-1973 -- The final years of white domination, 1973-1994 -- The Mandela years, 1994-1999 -- After Mandela, 1999-2013 -- Notable people in the history of South Africa.
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