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South Africa in the Twentieth Century: A Political History - In Search of a Nation State Paperback - 1999 - 1st Edition
by Barber, James
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- Title South Africa in the Twentieth Century: A Political History - In Search of a Nation State
- Author Barber, James
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 348
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford
- Date 1999
- Features Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G063119102XI3N00
- ISBN 9780631191025 / 063119102X
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.95 x 6.02 x 1.02 in (22.73 x 15.29 x 2.59 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Southern Africa
- Library of Congress subjects South Africa - Politics and government -, South Africa - Ethnic relations - Political
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99011161
- Dewey Decimal Code 968.082
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For most of the century whites dominated the scene, creating a society in which they enjoyed economic privilege and exclusive control of the state. Yet they disputed among themselves who were the "true" South Africans, and therefore who should form the government. As the century advanced, and particularly after the Second World War, the assumption of white dominance was challenged, by advocates both of a non-racial nationalism and of African nationalism, until a "new" South Africa was born in 1994. This is a story therefore of struggle to realize a dominant nationalism through control of the state, the ways in which political leaders promoted their beliefs and interests; and their responses to the constraints and circumstances they encountered.
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- Library Journal, 04/01/2000, Page 0