New York: Greenwood Press, 1999.
As the titles suggests, this excellent work by Lindsay M. Eades, one of the most prominent South African historians writing today, explores the long and often violent history of apartheid in South Africa and offers a number of explanations as to why it collapsed in the early 1990's. Most of this book is composed of various essays that examine five major issues -- first, the divisions within South African society that led to the historic apartheid legislation initiated in 1948; second, how each social group was defined and separated by apartheid -- whites, coloreds,
Indians and Africans; third, how this separation put increasing pressure on the system that gave rise to organized domestic resistance that eventually led to the collapse of apartheid; fourth, the economic sanctions imposed by other nations on South Africa in retaliation for apartheid, and fifth, the new government and the challenges of a new democracy. 2 This book also contains a number of biographies on the men who brought down apartheid, such as Mandela, Willem deKlerk, Stephen Biko and Desmond Tutu. In addition, this work contains and examines important documents related to the collapse of apartheid which makes it an ideal source for students and scholars alike.
Worden, Nigel. The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Segregation and Apartheid.
UK: Blackwell Publishing, Ltd., 2000.
Since the early 1990's, many historians and scholars have shown renewed interest in examining the complexities related to the collapse of apartheid in South Africa. In the Making of Modern South Africa, historian and scholar Nigel Worden has done just that, for he has...
As the editors point out, Worden 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 1980's and up to the present day." 3 as an historical work, the Making of Modern South Africa contains a highly-detailed account of the transformation of South Africa from a segregated, racist society to one governed by modern democratic principles and ideals which stress the freedom and rights of all individuals regardless of race, creed and ethnicity. As a historian, Worden provides "a sharp, analytical overview for all those interested in modern South African history and politics." 4
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Coombes, Annie E. "History After Apartheid: Visual Culture and Public Memory in a Democratic South Africa." Amazon.com. Internet. 2007. Retrieved at http://www.amazon.com/History-After-Apartheid-Culture-Democratic/dp/0822330725/sr=8-4/qid=1171850821/ref=sr_1_4/102-0?ie=UTF8&s=books.
Eades, Lindsay M. "The End of Apartheid in South Africa." Amazon.com. Internet. 2007. Retrieved at http://www.amazon.com/End-Apartheid-SouthAfrica/Greenwood/dp/031
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Worden, Nigel. "The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Segregation and Apartheid." Amazon.com. Internet. 2007. Retrieved at http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/06312166
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