The End of Apartheid in South Africa

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The complex history and politics of South Africa form the backdrop of this study of the factors that contributed to both the end of apartheid and the movement from government by racial division toward government through national unity. This study and resource examines the history, people and politics of South Africa in the age of apartheid. Topical essays examine the divisions within South African society that led to the historic apartheid legislation initiated in 1948; each group that was defined and separated by apartheid - whites, coloureds, Indians and Africans; how this separation put increasing pressure on the system that gave rise to organized domestic resistance that eventually led to the collapse of apartheid; the economic sanctions imposed by other nations on South Africa in retaliation for apartheid; and the new government and the challenges of a new democracy. The analysis of how all these factors culminated in the collapse of apartheid is enhanced by lengthy biographical profiles of 16 key personalities, including Stephen Biko, Willem deKlerk, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. A selection of 13 primary documents, including a letter from Nelson Mandela in exile and his speech after being released from prison, illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid and should be valuable for student research. A glossary of key terms and a timeline of important events add reference value.

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.,."a well-written introduction to recent South African political history....The book is a good starting point for readers who ask how consensus was reached in a context of bitter conflict. Recommended for general readers and lower-division undergraduates."-CHOICE
...a well-written introduction to recent South African political history....The book is a good starting point for readers who ask how consensus was reached in a context of bitter conflict. Recommended for general readers and lower-division undergraduates.-CHOICE
[A]n excellent introduction and reference work, written with clarity and authority.-The Virginia Quarterly Review
Suitable for the reference and circulating collections of academic and public libraries.-American Reference Books Annual
The End of Apartheid in South Africa is an excellent introduction and reference work, written with clarity and authority.-Virginia Quarterly Review
"An excellent introduction and reference work, written with clarity and authority."-The Virginia Quarterly Review
"[A]n excellent introduction and reference work, written with clarity and authority."-The Virginia Quarterly Review
"Suitable for the reference and circulating collections of academic and public libraries."-American Reference Books Annual
"The End of Apartheid in South Africa is an excellent introduction and reference work, written with clarity and authority."-Virginia Quarterly Review
..."a well-written introduction to recent South African political history....The book is a good starting point for readers who ask how consensus was reached in a context of bitter conflict. Recommended for general readers and lower-division undergraduates."-CHOICE

Author Bio

LINDSAY MICHIE EADES lectured in history at the University of Transkei in South Africa from 1989 to 1991. She has also taught at Kelly College, Devon, England, and from 1992 to 1997, was a history professor at Chowan College, East Carolina University and Greensboro College in North Carolina. She is author of A Case Study of an Appeaser: Robert Hadow in the Foreign Office, 1931-1939 (Praeger, 1996).