Ebook {Epub PDF} A History of South Africa by Leonard Thompson

was a rough year for publishing a history of South Africa, even one as superbly written and brilliantly researched as Leonard Thompson's far too blandly titled A HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA/5(48). Leonard Thompson, A History of South Africa By Baba G. Jallow In A History of South Africa, Leonard Thompson gives a brief survey of that country’s chequered past from the pre-European era to the demise of apartheid and beyond. Informed by the liberal paradigm that shuns eurocentric approaches to African history, Thompson engages the liberal paradigm and persistently seeks to highlight the Estimated Reading Time: 12 mins.  · This is the history of South Africa, from the late s until about , and the bulk of the book is the 20th century. It describes a little about the native South Africans before settlers arrived, then goes through the story of the Dutch taking over, then the British, how apartheid began, what it meant for the various ethnic groups, and ultimately how apartheid ended/5.

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 AfricaThis text refers to the paperback edition. The third edition of Leonard Thompson's "A History of South Africa" is a definitive history of that bleagured country, relatively easy to read, not too long, and covering that history from its earliest Stone Age inhabitants, through its European development as as the Dutch East India Company's "refreshment post," the coming of the Dutch. A History of South Africa by Leonard Thompson. Click here for the lowest price! Hardcover, ,

was a rough year for publishing a history of South Africa, even one as superbly written and brilliantly researched as Leonard Thompson's far too blandly titled A HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA. A leading scholar of South Africa provides a fresh and penetrating exploration of that country’s history, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present, focusing primarily on the experiences of its black inhabitants. For this third edition, Leonard Thompson adds two new chapters that describe the transfer of power and the new South Africa under the presidencies of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. This is the history of South Africa, from the late s until about , and the bulk of the book is the 20th century. It describes a little about the native South Africans before settlers arrived, then goes through the story of the Dutch taking over, then the British, how apartheid began, what it meant for the various ethnic groups, and ultimately how apartheid ended.