The Cambridge History of South Africa [Hardcover]

This book pulls together four decades of scholarship to present a detailed overview of South Africa during the twentieth century.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.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.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.Introduction Anne Kelk Mager, Bill Nasson and Robert Ross; 1. South Africa and South Africans: nationality, belonging, citizenship Saul Dubow; 2. Imperialism, settler identities, and colonial capitalism: the hundred year origins of the 1899 South African War Stanley Trapido; 3. Class, culture, and consciousness in South Africa, 18801899 Shula Marks; 4. War and union, 18991910 Shula Marks; 5. The union yearsls!