Fully updated, and coming up to the present day, with new material encompassing current concerns, such as African opposition to apartheid, international anti-apartheid activities and recent events, such as the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as President of the ANC, which have led to deeper consideration of the differing ideological approaches reflected in the history, the volume gives students, with no prior background in South African history, a full historical grounding for the current situation in South Africa and its position in the world.
African history, particularly global South African history encompassing as it does a site of historical racial tension, is popular in universities around the world, and with anniversaries approaching, such as the 25th anniversary of the democratic transition, and the 60th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, this will only increase.
Even in its fourth edition it remains the only student-friendly text that focuses on the history of apartheid, as one of the most defining periods in modern history, as distinct from trying to provide a full account of the entirety of South African history.
Nancy L. Clark is Dean and Professor of History Emeritus at Louisiana State University. Her publications include Manufacturing Apartheid: State Corporations in South Africa (1994).
William H. Worger is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. His publications include South Africa's City of Diamonds: Mine Workers and Monopoly Capitalism in Kimberley, South Africa (1987).
Both are Research Fellows at the Department of History, University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa.
Title: South Africa: The rise and fall of apartheid (Seminar Studies)
Author: Worger, William H.,Clark, Nancy L.
ISBN: 9780367551001
Binding:
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-04-07
Number of Pages: 278
Weight: 0.4301 kg
Praise for previous edition:
South Africa: The rise and fall of apartheid provides a detailed, informed, and highly readable introduction to the major themes concerning apartheid South Africa, its development, evolution, and ultimately its collapse. It offers a quick and informative entry point for those new to South African history, covering a broad overview of key political, societal and economic issues. What makes this book particularly useful is the section assessing the diverse historiography, supplemented by a range of key primary documents from across the apartheid era. An analytical and accessible insight into apartheid South Africa.
Matthew Graham, University of Dundee, UK
Clark and Worger's South Africa remains one of the most relevant yet accessible texts for students of Apartheid. Including key timelines, source documents and analytical essays this 3rd edition shows the universal demand for this important work which has been updated to incorporate life in post-Apartheid South Africa up to 2015.
Nicholas J. Evans, University of Hull, UK
The 3rd edition of Clark & Worger's South Africa is a wonderfully concise but extremely thorough account of apartheid, which makes the complexities and contradictions of modern South African history accessible to undergraduate students. The addition of electronic resources, films, and suggestions for further reading in the the 3rd edition not only complement the combination of narrative and primary sources within the text, but also serve as a valuable tool for instructional course design and student research. It is an ideal text for an undergraduate classroom.
Molly McCullers, University of West Georgia, USA
This revised edition offers a timely and relevant introduction to a complex and still contested period of South Africa's past. It is thoughtfully expanded to include primary sources and recent historiography which emphasize the social dimensions and repercussions of apartheid. Teachers and students of South African history will find the historical documents and the updated further reading (with new visual and online sources) sections particularly useful resources.
Rebekah Lee, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
