by Desmond Tutu (Foreword), Christopher Saunders (Author), T.R.H.Davenport (Author)
A survey of the whole of South African history from pre-colonial times to 1999, suitable for serious students of the subject. It handles all major topics, with special focus on the dramatic changes that have occured since 1990. It includes a chapter on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and information on the recent South African elections.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 807
Edition: 5th Revised edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 07 Mar 2000
ISBN 10: 0333792238
ISBN 13: 9780333792230
Book Overview: T.R.H. Davenport is the author of The Afrikaner Bond: the History of a South African Political Party , and contributor to the Oxford History of South Africa .
'This work is a remarkable tour de force; to have managed to deal so brilliantly within the compass of a few hundred pages with the fascinating history of South Africa from prehistoric times right up to the second democratic elections of that beloved country'. - the Most Reverend Desmond Tutu, Emeritus Archbishop of Cape Town
'Probably the best one-volume work on the subject yet published.' - Marcel Berlins, The Times Educational Supplement