The making of modern South Africa

" ... [The] author provides a sharp, analytical view of South Africa. The text covers the complete history of tye country, from pre-colonial times to the present, and major themes include explorations of the colonial conquests of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the establishment of racism, segregation and apartheid; forms of resistance and repression in the apartheid era; and the collapse of apartheid and the problems facing the new democratic nation."--Back cover.