1st Edition

South Africa A Short History

By Arthur Keppel-Jones Copyright 1975
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1949 but here reissuing the 5 th edition of 1975 this is a vivid history of South Africa up to the mid 1970s. Tracing the development of Afrikaner nationalism and the conflict of black and white races in relation to economic, political and geographical factors, the author makes a clear and often critical analysis of the crisis in the first half of the 20 th Century in... Read more

Biography

Arthur Keppel-Jones was Professor of History at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

‘Mr Keppel-Jones has written a history which is not only excellent reading but a useful introduction to the problems of that country…’ The Guardian.

‘An admirable tour de force…’ The Listener