Esta extensa serie profundiza en la rica y compleja historia de Sudáfrica, abarcando desde la Edad de Hierro temprana hasta la actualidad. Con nuevas interpretaciones, datos y perspectivas de historiadores líderes, incorpora diversas fuentes, incluidos registros escritos, orales y arqueológicos. Los volúmenes ofrecen una reevaluación crucial de eventos y desarrollos clave, brindando una profunda visión de la formación y evolución de la nación.
This book 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.
Coming fourteen years after South Africa's achievement of majority rule, this book takes a critical and searching look at the country's past. The book's 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.