The Cambridge History of South Africa, Volume 2: 1885-1994

Description

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. It covers political, economic, social, and intellectual developments and their interconnections 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. Contents Contributors Acknowledgments Note on References Introduction 1 South Africa and South Africans: Nationality, Belonging, Citizenship 2 Imperialism, Settler Identities, and Colonial Capitalism: The Hundred-Year Origins of the 1899 South African War 3 Class, Culture, and Consciousness in South Africa, 1880–1899 4 War and Union, 1899–1910 5 South Africa: The Union Years, 1910–1948 — Politicaql and Economic Foundations 6 South African Society and Culture, 1910–1948 7 The Apartheid Project, 1948–1970 8 Popular Responses to Apartheid: 1948–c. 1975 9 Resistance and Reform, 1973–1994 10 The Evolution of the South African Population in the Twentieth Century 11 The Economy and Poverty in the Twentieth Century 12 Modernity, Culture, and Nation 13 Environment, Heritage, Resistance, and Health: Newer Historiographical Directions Statistical Appendix Bibliography