Comparative Perspectives on South Africa
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Description for Comparative Perspectives on South Africa
Hardcover. An examination of South Africa's history and society from a variety of comparative perspectives, featuring the work of South African, American and British scholars. Editor(s): Greenstein, Ran. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
The book examines South African history and society from a variety of comparative perspectives. It brings together work by scholars based in South Africa, USA and the UK to reflect on the nature and evolution of what was considered for a long time a unique society. Drawing on studies of social, political and intellectual processes elsewhere, the authors seek to place South African developments in a broader context that sheds light on their specific features as well as global relevance.
The book examines South African history and society from a variety of comparative perspectives. It brings together work by scholars based in South Africa, USA and the UK to reflect on the nature and evolution of what was considered for a long time a unique society. Drawing on studies of social, political and intellectual processes elsewhere, the authors seek to place South African developments in a broader context that sheds light on their specific features as well as global relevance.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
317
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333670668
SKU
V9780333670668
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99-15
About N/A
Ran Greenstein is Associate Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He studied at the University of Haifa and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is author of Genealogies of Conflict: Class, Identity and State in Palestine/Israel and South Africa (1995), and editor of Comparative Perspectives on South Africa (1998).
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