A history of South Africa : from the distant past to the present day /
editor: Fransjohan Pretorius.
- First revised edition.
- 716 pages : maps ; 23 cm
"An initiative of the History Commission of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and the Arts)."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 675-686) and index.
South Africa's primeval past / The Dutch era at the Cape, 1652-1806 / People of bondage / Cape colonial society under British rule, 1806-1834 / Migration and the societies north of the Gariep River / The emigration of the Voortrekkers into the interior / State formation and strife, 1850-1900 / The mineral revolution / An economic history of the nineteenth century / Afrikaner nationalism, 1875-1899 / Everyone's war: the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) / Post-war race relations, 1902-1948 / Afrikaner nationalism, 1902-1948 / Black political awakening, 1875-1949 / The consolidation of the apartheid state, 1948-1966 / B.J. Vorster and separate development / Black resistance against apartheid, 1950s-1980s / "Adapt or die", 1978-1984 / Uprising, war and transition, 1984-1994 / Apartheid: a different angle / The South African economy in the twentieth century / The development of trade unions and organised labour / South Africa after apartheid, 1994-2004 / The troubled teens: South African democracy, 2004-2013 / Coloureds: a complex history / The Indians in South Africa / English-speaking South Africans: uncertain of their identity / The South African churches and apartheid / An environmental history of South Africa / From state capture to Covid: the decline of the ANC, 2014-2020 / Andrie Meyer -- Johan de Villiers -- Robert Shell -- Johan de Villiers -- Jan Visagie -- Jan Visagie -- Jackie Grobler -- Wessel Visser -- Grietjie Verhoef -- Hermann Giliomee -- Fransjohan Pretorius -- David M. Scher -- Hermann Giliomee -- Jackie Grobler -- David M. Scher -- Kobus du Pisani -- Jackie Grobler -- Hermann Giliomee -- Hermann Giliomee -- Hermann Giliomee -- Grietjie Verhoef -- Wessel Visser -- Japie Brits -- Jan-Jan Joubert -- Cornelius Thomas -- Goolam Vahed -- John Lambert -- J.W. (Hoffie) Hofmeyr and J.A. (Joan) Millard -- Elize S. van Eeden -- Jan-Jan Joubert.
"Who were the first people of South Africa? And who came after them? How did the interaction among Afrikaners, English-speaking South Africans, the British government and black people help form the country? Where do we stand as a nation today? Some prominent historians try to answer these questions. Led by the well-known Professor Fransjohan Pretorius, they reflect on the origin of planet Earth and look at some pivotal moments in our South African history. Chapters cover, among others, the Dutch era at the Cape, the mineral revolution, the Anglo-Boer War, Afrikaner nationalism, the apartheid government, the black resistance movement and a South Africa after 1994."--Back cover.