Author : Robert Ross
Release : 2011-08-15
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 675/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Cambridge History of South Africa: Volume 2, 1885–1994 by : Robert Ross
Download or read book The Cambridge History of South Africa: Volume 2, 1885–1994 written by Robert Ross. This book was released on 2011-08-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.