Apartheid, 1948-1994

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Saul Dubow (Professor of African History, Professor of African History, Queen Mary, University of London)

Apartheid, 1948-1994

Saul Dubow (Professor of African History, Professor of African History, Queen Mary, University of London)

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Oxford University Press
05 June 2014

History; African history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Human rights; Political oppression & persecution

Series: Oxford Histories

This new study offers a fresh interpretation of apartheid South Africa. Emerging out of the author's long-standing interests in the history of racial segregation, and drawing on a great deal of new scholarship, archival collections, and personal memoirs, he situates apartheid in global as well as local contexts. The overall conception of Apartheid, 1948-1994 is to integrate studies of resistance with the analysis of power, paying attention to the importance of ideas, institutions, and culture. Saul Dubow refamiliarises and defamiliarise apartheid so as to approach South Africa's white supremacist past from unlikely perspectives. He asks not only why apartheid was defeated, but how it survived so long. He neither presumes the rise of apartheid nor its demise. This synoptic reinterpretation is designed to introduce students to apartheid and to generate new questions for experts in the field.

By: Saul Dubow (Professor of African History Professor of African History Queen Mary University of London)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9780199550678
ISBN 10: 0199550670
Series: Oxford Histories
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 05 June 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface 1: The Apartheid Election, 1948 2: The Consolidation of Apartheid 3: Sharpeville and its Aftermath 4: Apartheid Regnant 5: The Opposition Destroyed 6: Cracks within the System 7: The Limits and Dangers of Reform 8: A Balancing of Forces 9: Conclusion

Saul Dubow previously taught at the University of Sussex. Born and brought up in Cape Town, he has degrees from the universities of Cape Town and Oxford. He has published widely on the development of racial segregation and apartheid in all its aspects: political, ideological, and intellectual. He has special interests in the history of race, ethnicity, and national identity, as well as imperialism, colonial science, and global circuits of knowledge. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Southern African Studies.

Reviews for Apartheid, 1948-1994

This work is a first-rate, clearly written account of a bizarre 20th century political experiment. Alexander du Toit, Times Higher Education As a lecturer on modern South African history, I will find this book extremely valuable. It provides a strong, textured historical narrative and simultaneously engages critically in key conceptual debates. It is impressively up-to-date and draws on an immensely wide range of literature, much of which is helpfully laid out in a bibliographical annexure ... the book stands in any context as an important work of synthesis with a coherent, and sometimes controversial, set of arguments. Clive Glaser, South African Historical Journal