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`A remarkable feat of scholarship, fairness and readability, full of lively detail with a freshness of style which brings new life to the narrative' Anthony SampsonThroughout its turbulent history, South Africa has frequently been the focus of worldwide attention - usually hostile. Yet prejudice and ignorance about the country are widespread. The evolution of the present-day `Rainbow Nation' has taken place under conditions of sometimes extreme pressure. Since long before the arrival of the first European settlers in the seventeenth century, the country has been home to a complex and uneasily co-existing blend of races and cultures, and successive waves of immigrants have added to the already volatile mixture.Despite the euphoria which greeted the dismantling of the apartheid system and the election as President of Nelson Mandela in April 1994, South Africa's history, racial mix and recent political upheavals suggest it will not easily free itself from the legacy of its tumultuous past. Newly revised and updated, Frank Welsh's vividly written, even-handed and authoritative history casts new light on many of South Africa's most cherished myths. Like his A History of Hong Kong, it will surely come to be regarded as definitive.
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Frank Welsh read History at Cambridge, then worked in banking and industry, including service on the boards of nationalised industries and on the Royal Commission into the NHS. His books include The Profit of the State, Uneasy City and The Companion Guide to the Lake District.
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`A masterly synthesis of past and present scholarship historical storytelling in the grand narrative tradition'Mail & Guardian`Sweeping, exhaustive and masterly'Scotland on Sunday`Excellent... a balanced account of a very complex story'Stephen Fleming, Irish Independent`Vital to an understanding of modern South Africa'Publishers Weekly`His assessments are judicious, his opinions fair. Welsh maintains a clear narrative thread through this hugely complex story'Stephen Taylor, New York Times Book Review
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- PublisherHarper Collins, London
- Publication date1998
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An accessible, lively and authoritative one-volume history of one of the world's most troubled, controversial and important nations by the author of the widely acclaimed A History of Hong Kong. Despite the optimism and euphoria which greeted the election as President of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's history, racial mix and rapid recent political changes suggest it will not easily free itself from the legacy of its tumultuous past. South Africa is by far the most powerful country on the African continent. Whatever happens there will have an impact far beyond its borders. Yet prejudice and ignorance on the subject of South Africa are widespread. Some incidents, especially those of the nineteenth century, are well known: the Great Trek, the Jameson Raid, the Boer War. But how many people in the outside world are clear about the differences between Bantus, Zulu and Bushmen? Is it widely known that while the forebears of F.W. de Klerk lived in what is now South Africa three hundred years ago, those of Nelson Mandela did not? And what lies behind the development of the apartheid system, and the Boers' forceful character and powerful sense of destiny? Frank Welsh's vividly written and incisive one-volume history will surely, like his A History of Hong Kong, come to be regarded as definitive. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR006374561
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