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A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition
Leonard Thompson
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Description for A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition
Paperback. A magisterial history of South Africa, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present. It also includes a chapter chronicling the first presidential term of Mbeki and ending with the celebrations of the centenary of South Africa's ruling African National Congress in January 2012. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white halftones, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 458.
A fresh and penetrating exploration of South Africa’s history, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present
“I did not think it was possible for a white person to write a history of South Africa which a black South African would find to be a fair and accurate account of a beautiful land and its people. Leonard Thompson has disabused me of that notion. His is a history that is both accurate and authentic, written in a delightful literary style.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The Fourth Edition of this classic text brings South Africa's history up ... Read more
A fresh and penetrating exploration of South Africa’s history, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present
“I did not think it was possible for a white person to write a history of South Africa which a black South African would find to be a fair and accurate account of a beautiful land and its people. Leonard Thompson has disabused me of that notion. His is a history that is both accurate and authentic, written in a delightful literary style.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The Fourth Edition of this classic text brings South Africa's history up ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300189353
SKU
9780300189353
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About Leonard Thompson
Leonard Thompson was Charles J. Stillé Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. Lynn Berat is an internationally renowned expert on southern African law and legal history who worked closely with Thompson on previous editions of A History of South Africa.
Reviews for A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition
"Lynn Berat’s brilliant addition to Leonard Thompson’s superlative history takes the reader on a riveting tour of twenty-first century South Africa in all its triumph and tragedy."—Cindy Kaplan, Committed Artists of South Africa