The new edition of The Making of Modern South Africa provides a comprehensive, current introduction to the key themes and debates concerning the history of this controversial country. Engagingly written, the author provides a sharp, analytical overview of the new South Africa. 
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<li>Examines the major issues in South Africa's history, from pre-colonial to present, including colonial conquest; the establishment of racism, segregation, and apartheid; resistance movements; and the eventual founding of democracy</li> <li>Contains an additional final chapter that takes the story to the present and considers the challenges and compromises of the first two decades of democracy</li> <li>Updated with material on post-apartheid era and current issues in South Africa</li> <li>The only book that gives direct guidance to bibliographical material and readings on key debates</li> <li>Provides a sharp, analytical overview of the new South Africa</li> <li>Extensive references are given to the key writings on each topic and the debates between scholars</li> </ul>

The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy

History

Worden, Nigel

Africa

Wiley/Blackwell

This was the first comprehensive analysis of slavery in early colonial South Africa under the Dutch East India Company (1652-1795) when it was published in 1985. Based on archival research in Britain, the Netherlands and South Africa, it examines the nature of Cape slavery with reference to the literature on other slave societies. Dr Worden shows how the slave economy developed in town and countryside, and discusses the dynamics of the slave market, the growth of land concentration, the harsh life on the farm, and the developing polarisation of rural race relations. He analyses the relation of fear and brutality in small farming communities and demonstrates that, contrary to previous assumptions, small-scale slavery produced conditions as severe as those experienced in the large-scale slave-holding systems of the Deep South. This important study contributes to an understanding of the development of South African colonial society and to comparative slave studies.

Slavery in Dutch South Africa (African Studies, Series Number 44)

Europe

Cambridge University Press

This was the first comprehensive analysis of slavery in early colonial South Africa under the Dutch East India Company (1652-1795) when it was published in 1985. Based on archival research in Britain, the Netherlands and South Africa, it examines the nature of Cape slavery with reference to the literature on other slave societies. Dr Worden shows how the slave economy developed in town and countryside, and discusses the dynamics of the slave market, the growth of land concentration, the harsh life on the farm, and the developing polarisation of rural race relations. He analyses the relation of fear and brutality in small farming communities and demonstrates that, contrary to previous assumptions, small-scale slavery produced conditions as severe as those experienced in the large-scale slave-holding systems of the Deep South. This important study contributes to an understanding of the development of South African colonial society and to comparative slave studies.

THE MAKING OF MODERN SOUTH AFRICA

World

In the past 15 years, the writing of South African history has undergone dramatic changes of focus. Nigel Worden's book provides an introduction to the key issues and debates in this recent research. Many traditional views on such prominent topics as the nature of Afrikaner and African nationalism and the emergence of apartheid have been overturned, and new areas of study have appeared, such as changes in rural societies and township culture. This study surveys these issues, from the colonial conquests of the 18th and 19th centuries, through the establishment of racism, segregation and apartheid, to the spirit of reform, resistance and repression of the 1980s. The book concludes by examining the reasons for the De Klerk reforms of the 1990s, and by questioning how far apartheid is currently in real decline. In addition to providing an introduction and guide to new work, the book also includes a detailed chronology of the period, suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter and a full bibliography. It should prove useful for both students and teachers of modern South African history and politics.

The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Segregation and Apartheid (Historical Association Studies)

Blackwell Pub.

The book examines the major issues in South Africa's history, from the colonial conquests of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, through the establishment of racism, segregation and apartheid, to the spirit of reform, resistance and repression of the 1980s and, now, in this new edition, the first democratic elections in April 1994. With the break up of institutional apartheid, perspectives on recent South African history have undergone a significant shift. Nigel Worden examines these changes and assesses developments within the new South Africa in a wide historical context, providing a sharp, analytical overview for all those interested in modern South African history and politics.

Making of Modern South Africa (Historical Association Studies)

The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy (Historical Association Studies)

Recent events in South Africa have taken on renewed interest for historians and general readers alike. In this third edition of The Making of Modern South Africa, Nigel Worden provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the key themes and debates central to an understanding of the region. 
The book examines the major issues in South Africa's history, from the colonial conquests of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, through the establishment of racism, segregation and apartheid; the spirit of reform, resistance and repression of the 1980s and up to the present day. In this new edition, Worden brings events up to the second democratic election of 1999, and incorporates new material published since 1990. With the break up of institutional apartheid, perspectives on recent South African history have undergone a significant shift. Nigel Worden examines these changes and assesses developments within the new South Africa in a wide historical context, providing a sharp, analytical overview for all those interested in modern South African history and politics.

Recent events in South Africa have taken on renewed interest for historians and general readers alike. In this third edition of The Making of Modern South Africa, Nigel Worden provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the key themes and debates central to an understanding of the region. 
The book examines the major issues in South Africa's history, from the colonial conquests of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, through the establishment of racism, segregation and apartheid; the spirit of reform, resistance and repression of the 1980s and up to the present day. In this new edition, Worden brings events up to the second democratic election of 1999, and incorporates new material published since 1990. With the break up of institutional apartheid, perspectives on recent South African history have undergone a significant shift. Nigel Worden examines these changes and assesses developments within the new South Africa in a wide historical context, providing a sharp, analytical overview for all those interested in modern South African history and politics.

This study of the South African city under Dutch and British rule traces the changing character of the city and portrays the varied lives of its inhabitants - black and white, rich and poor, slave and free, Christian and Muslim.'

Cape Town: The making of a city : an illustrated social history

Verloren Publishers

This richly illustrated history of Cape Town under Dutch and British rule tells the story of its residents, the world they inhabited and the city they made - beginning in the seventeenth century with the tiny Dutch settlement, hemmed in by mountains and looking out to sea, and ending with the well-established British colonial city, poised confidently on the threshold of the twentieth century. This social history of Cape Town under Dutch and British rule traces the changing character of the city and portrays the varied lives and experiences of its inhabitants – black and white, rich and poor, slave and free, Christian and Muslim.  The story told in these pages is both immensely readable and endlessly interesting, and is sure to remain for long the definitive history of the city. The volume is illustrated throughout with a wealth of paintings, maps and photographs. The book is written for the general reader as well as academics.

Cape Town: The Making of a City

Bickford-Smith, Vivian

Van Heyningen, Elizabeth

Asia

David Phillip Pub

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The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy

Slavery in Dutch South Africa (African Studies, Series Number 44)

Slavery in Dutch South Africa (African Studies, Series Number 44)

THE MAKING OF MODERN SOUTH AFRICA

The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Segregation and Apartheid (Historical Association Studies)

Making of Modern South Africa (Historical Association Studies)

The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy (Historical Association Studies)

The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy (Historical Association Studies)

Cape Town: The making of a city : an illustrated social history

Cape Town: The Making of a City