For upper-level undergraduate courses in African and South African history and political science or African sections of global studies courses. Also for graduate courses on South Africa or African history with a South African component.
A survey of South African history from the formation of early human communities to the recent past.
The Making of South Africa provides a detailed understanding of all the forces that have shaped South Africa to date. It represents a valuable and unique addition to the field by emphasizing African voices as well as recent developments in South Africa, including analyses on the post-transition political change, the World Cup of soccer and pubic health issues. The text incorporates important new perspectives on South African geography and the spatial dimensions of segregation and apartheid. It also covers environmental studies and the dynamic literature on identities and ethnicity while highlighting how Europeans and Africans shaped the environment, politics and economy to develop a complex multi-ethnic nation.
Product Description
A survey of South African history from the formation of early human communities to the present.
The Making of South Africa provides a detailed understanding of all the forces that have shaped South Africa to date. It represents a valuable and unique addition to the field by emphasizing African voices as well as recent developments in South Africa, including analyses on the post-transition political change, the World Cup of soccer, and pubic health issues.
The text incorporates important new perspectives on South African geography and the spatial dimensions of segregation and apartheid. It also covers environmental studies and the dynamic literature on identities and ethnicity while highlighting how Europeans and Africans shaped the environment, politics, and the economy to develop a complex multi-ethnic nation.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book readers will be able to:
Understand how South Africa became the nation it is today
View South African history from the point of view of Africans as well as Europeans who have settled there
Assess the impact of cultural, political, social, economic, geographical, environmental, and health-related forces on South African history
Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205168655 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205168651.
Features + Benefits
An annotated list of useful Internet sources at the end of the text allows students to explore online documents, film clips, and visual sources.
Questions to Consider sections encourage students to think critically about the material in each chapter.
For Further Reading sections guide students on more detailed research into each topic covered in the chapter.
An emphasis on African voices offers students a balanced examination of South African history instead of viewing South Africa solely through the lens of Europeans who settled there.
A Test Bank and PowerPoint Presentations are available for instructors to use in their courses.
MySearchLab with eText can be packaged with this text.
MySearchLab provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
eText - Just like the printed text, you can highlight and add notes to the eText or download it to your iPad.
Assessment - Chapter quizzes and flashcards offer immediate feedback and report directly to the gradebook.
Writing and Research - A wide range of writing, grammar and research tools and access to a variety of academic journals, census data, Associated Press newsfeeds, and discipline-specific readings help you hone your writing and research skills.
Pearson SourceCheck - This feature offers an easy way to detect accidental plagiarism issues, and our exclusive tutorials teach how to avoid them in the future.
AutoCite - AutoCite helps to correctly cite sources in a variety of formats.
Class Preparation Tool - Our Class Preparation Tool collects the best class presentation resources in one convenient online destination. Resources include PowerPoint slides, streaming audio and video, audio clips for class tests and quizzes, and all illustrations for creating interactive lectures.
Create a Custom Text: For enrollments of at least 25, create your own textbook by combining chapters from best-selling Pearson textbooks and/or reading selections in the sequence you want. To begin building your custom text, visit www.pearsoncustomlibrary.com. You may also work with a dedicated Pearson Custom editor to create your ideal text-publishing your own original content or mixing and matching Pearson content. Contact your Pearson Publisher's Representative to get started.
Found in this section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
List of Maps
List of Photographs and Sources.
Chapter 1 The Setting: Climate, Geography and People in South Africa
Chapter 2 Early Conflict and Interdependence: The Establishment and Expansion of the Cape Colony
Chapter 3 The British and the Expanding Cape
Chapter 4 The Making of New States
Chapter 5 African And Afrikaners States in Conflict
Chapter 6 The First Phase of Industrialization
Chapter 7 The Second Phase of Industrialization: Gold Mining and the Creation of a Unified White State
Chapter 8 From Union to Apartheid: The Consolidation of a White State and the Rise of African Opposition, 1910-1948
Chapter 9 Apartheid and South African Society
Chapter 10 The African Transformation of South Africa
Chapter 11 The New South Africa: 1994-2004
Chapter 12 Conclusion: Post-Transition Growing Pains and the World
Bibliography and Recommended Online Resources
Index
2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
List of Maps
List of Photographs and Sources.
Chapter 1: The Setting: Climate, Geography and People in South Africa
The Environment
Human Communities: The San and Khoe
The First Farmers
Farming Society
Conclusions
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 2: Early Conflict and Interdependence: The Establishment and Expansion of the Cape Colony
Earliest Contact: Portuguese Forays and Khoe Responses
The V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company) and Company Rule
White Settlement and Khoe Resistance
Slavery at the Cape
Relations in the Zones of Interaction
Whites and Griqua in the Interior
The Xhosa and White Settlers
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 3: The British and the Expanding Cape
The Arrival of the British
Abolition
Reform and Labor
British Settlers
The Missionary Enterprise
Xhosa Crises: Interaction with the Settlers and Civil War
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 4: The Making of New States
The Implications of the making of the "Mefcane"
Nguni-speaking Chiefdoms
The Rise of the Zulu Kingdom
Developments in the Interior
Mass Movements and New States
Moshoeshoe and the Sotho
Mzilikazi and the Ndebele
Matiwane's Ngwane and the British
British Policy and the Xhosa
The Afrikaner "Great Trek"
Piet Retief and the Zulu
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 5: African And Afrikaners States in Conflict
African States and the Trekker Republics
Africans and British Policy Initiatives: Segregation and Indirect Rule
African States, White Settlers
Imperial Authorities and the Xhosa Crisis
The Sotho, Afrikaners and British Intervention on the Highveld
British Policy Reversals and the Sotho-Orange Free State War
Conclusions
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 6: The First Phase of Industrialization
Diamond Discoveries and Rival Claims
African Men and Women and the Development of Diamond Mining
The Impact of Mining
Imperial Designs, Local Politics and Confederation Schemes
British Imperialism
Afrikaner Republican Resistance and the Pedi Kingdom
The Final Phases of Conquest
Sotho and Zulu Resistance
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 7: The Second Phase of Industrialization: Gold Mining and the Creation of a Unified White State
Gold Mining African Migrant Labor
African Society and Migrant Labor
The Politics of Mining: the Afrikaners, and British and Rhodes
The South African War. Peace, Reconstruction and the Building of a White State
African Resistance and African Labor
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 8: From Union to Apartheid: The Consolidation of a White State and the Rise of African Opposition, 1910-1948
White Politics and the State
Segregation Legislation and African Communities
Opposition Movements and the Roots of African Nationalism
Rural African Opposition
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 9: Apartheid and South African Society
The Nationalists and Apartheid
Blacks and Apartheid Policies
African Society and the Impact of Apartheid
The Homelands
Opposition Politics: Strategy and Rural Protests
Rising Tensions, State Repression and Radicalism
South Africa in Global Context
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 10: The African Transformation of South Africa
The South African Security State and Regional Politics
Resistance From Below and the Failure of "Reform"
The Rejection of Reform, Uprisings and Opposition Tensions
A survey of South African history from the formation of early human communities to the present.
The Making of South Africa provides a detailed understanding of all the forces that have shaped South Africa to date. It represents a valuable and unique addition to the field by emphasizing African voices as well as recent developments in South Africa, including analyses on the post-transition political change, the World Cup of soccer, and public health issues.
The text incorporates important new perspectives on South African geography and the spatial dimensions of segregation and apartheid. It also covers environmental studies and the dynamic literature on identities and ethnicity while highlighting how Europeans and Africans shaped the environment, politics, and the economy to develop a complex multi-ethnic nation.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book readers will be able to:
Understand how South Africa became the nation it is todayView South African history from the point of view of Africans as well as Europeans who have settled thereAssess the impact of cultural, political, social, economic, geographical, environmental, and health-related forces on South African history
A survey of South African history from the formation of early human communities to the recent past.
The Making of South Africa provides a detailed understanding of all the forces that have shaped South Africa to date. It represents a valuable and unique addition to the field by emphasizing African voices as well as recent developments in South Africa, including analyses on the post-transition political change, the World Cup of soccer and pubic health issues. The text incorporates important new perspectives on South African geography and the spatial dimensions of segregation and apartheid. It also covers environmental studies and the dynamic literature on identities and ethnicity while highlighting how Europeans and Africans shaped the environment, politics and economy to develop a complex multi-ethnic nation.
Product Description
A survey of South African history from the formation of early human communities to the present.
The Making of South Africa provides a detailed understanding of all the forces that have shaped South Africa to date. It represents a valuable and unique addition to the field by emphasizing African voices as well as recent developments in South Africa, including analyses on the post-transition political change, the World Cup of soccer, and pubic health issues.
The text incorporates important new perspectives on South African geography and the spatial dimensions of segregation and apartheid. It also covers environmental studies and the dynamic literature on identities and ethnicity while highlighting how Europeans and Africans shaped the environment, politics, and the economy to develop a complex multi-ethnic nation.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book readers will be able to:
Understand how South Africa became the nation it is today
View South African history from the point of view of Africans as well as Europeans who have settled there
Assess the impact of cultural, political, social, economic, geographical, environmental, and health-related forces on South African history
Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205168655 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205168651.
Features + Benefits
An annotated list of useful Internet sources at the end of the text allows students to explore online documents, film clips, and visual sources.
Questions to Consider sections encourage students to think critically about the material in each chapter.
For Further Reading sections guide students on more detailed research into each topic covered in the chapter.
An emphasis on African voices offers students a balanced examination of South African history instead of viewing South Africa solely through the lens of Europeans who settled there.
A Test Bank and PowerPoint Presentations are available for instructors to use in their courses.
MySearchLab with eText can be packaged with this text.
MySearchLab provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
eText - Just like the printed text, you can highlight and add notes to the eText or download it to your iPad.
Assessment - Chapter quizzes and flashcards offer immediate feedback and report directly to the gradebook.
Writing and Research - A wide range of writing, grammar and research tools and access to a variety of academic journals, census data, Associated Press newsfeeds, and discipline-specific readings help you hone your writing and research skills.
Pearson SourceCheck - This feature offers an easy way to detect accidental plagiarism issues, and our exclusive tutorials teach how to avoid them in the future.
AutoCite - AutoCite helps to correctly cite sources in a variety of formats.
Class Preparation Tool - Our Class Preparation Tool collects the best class presentation resources in one convenient online destination. Resources include PowerPoint slides, streaming audio and video, audio clips for class tests and quizzes, and all illustrations for creating interactive lectures.
Create a Custom Text: For enrollments of at least 25, create your own textbook by combining chapters from best-selling Pearson textbooks and/or reading selections in the sequence you want. To begin building your custom text, visit www.pearsoncustomlibrary.com. You may also work with a dedicated Pearson Custom editor to create your ideal text-publishing your own original content or mixing and matching Pearson content. Contact your Pearson Publisher's Representative to get started.
Found in this section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
List of Maps
List of Photographs and Sources.
Chapter 1 The Setting: Climate, Geography and People in South Africa
Chapter 2 Early Conflict and Interdependence: The Establishment and Expansion of the Cape Colony
Chapter 3 The British and the Expanding Cape
Chapter 4 The Making of New States
Chapter 5 African And Afrikaners States in Conflict
Chapter 6 The First Phase of Industrialization
Chapter 7 The Second Phase of Industrialization: Gold Mining and the Creation of a Unified White State
Chapter 8 From Union to Apartheid: The Consolidation of a White State and the Rise of African Opposition, 1910-1948
Chapter 9 Apartheid and South African Society
Chapter 10 The African Transformation of South Africa
Chapter 11 The New South Africa: 1994-2004
Chapter 12 Conclusion: Post-Transition Growing Pains and the World
Bibliography and Recommended Online Resources
Index
2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
List of Maps
List of Photographs and Sources.
Chapter 1: The Setting: Climate, Geography and People in South Africa
The Environment
Human Communities: The San and Khoe
The First Farmers
Farming Society
Conclusions
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 2: Early Conflict and Interdependence: The Establishment and Expansion of the Cape Colony
Earliest Contact: Portuguese Forays and Khoe Responses
The V.O.C. (Dutch East India Company) and Company Rule
White Settlement and Khoe Resistance
Slavery at the Cape
Relations in the Zones of Interaction
Whites and Griqua in the Interior
The Xhosa and White Settlers
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 3: The British and the Expanding Cape
The Arrival of the British
Abolition
Reform and Labor
British Settlers
The Missionary Enterprise
Xhosa Crises: Interaction with the Settlers and Civil War
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 4: The Making of New States
The Implications of the making of the "Mefcane"
Nguni-speaking Chiefdoms
The Rise of the Zulu Kingdom
Developments in the Interior
Mass Movements and New States
Moshoeshoe and the Sotho
Mzilikazi and the Ndebele
Matiwane's Ngwane and the British
British Policy and the Xhosa
The Afrikaner "Great Trek"
Piet Retief and the Zulu
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 5: African And Afrikaners States in Conflict
African States and the Trekker Republics
Africans and British Policy Initiatives: Segregation and Indirect Rule
African States, White Settlers
Imperial Authorities and the Xhosa Crisis
The Sotho, Afrikaners and British Intervention on the Highveld
British Policy Reversals and the Sotho-Orange Free State War
Conclusions
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 6: The First Phase of Industrialization
Diamond Discoveries and Rival Claims
African Men and Women and the Development of Diamond Mining
The Impact of Mining
Imperial Designs, Local Politics and Confederation Schemes
British Imperialism
Afrikaner Republican Resistance and the Pedi Kingdom
The Final Phases of Conquest
Sotho and Zulu Resistance
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 7: The Second Phase of Industrialization: Gold Mining and the Creation of a Unified White State
Gold Mining African Migrant Labor
African Society and Migrant Labor
The Politics of Mining: the Afrikaners, and British and Rhodes
The South African War. Peace, Reconstruction and the Building of a White State
African Resistance and African Labor
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 8: From Union to Apartheid: The Consolidation of a White State and the Rise of African Opposition, 1910-1948
White Politics and the State
Segregation Legislation and African Communities
Opposition Movements and the Roots of African Nationalism
Rural African Opposition
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 9: Apartheid and South African Society
The Nationalists and Apartheid
Blacks and Apartheid Policies
African Society and the Impact of Apartheid
The Homelands
Opposition Politics: Strategy and Rural Protests
Rising Tensions, State Repression and Radicalism
South Africa in Global Context
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 10: The African Transformation of South Africa
The South African Security State and Regional Politics
Resistance From Below and the Failure of "Reform"
The Rejection of Reform, Uprisings and Opposition Tensions
A survey of South African history from the formation of early human communities to the present.
The Making of South Africa provides a detailed understanding of all the forces that have shaped South Africa to date. It represents a valuable and unique addition to the field by emphasizing African voices as well as recent developments in South Africa, including analyses on the post-transition political change, the World Cup of soccer, and public health issues.
The text incorporates important new perspectives on South African geography and the spatial dimensions of segregation and apartheid. It also covers environmental studies and the dynamic literature on identities and ethnicity while highlighting how Europeans and Africans shaped the environment, politics, and the economy to develop a complex multi-ethnic nation.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book readers will be able to:
Understand how South Africa became the nation it is todayView South African history from the point of view of Africans as well as Europeans who have settled thereAssess the impact of cultural, political, social, economic, geographical, environmental, and health-related forces on South African history