Making of South Africa, The: Culture and Politics, 2nd edition
Published by Pearson (June 27, 2012) © 2013
- Aran S. MacKinnon State University West Georgia
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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 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
- 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.
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Found in this Section:
1. Overview of Changes
2. Chapter-by-Chapter Changes
1. Overview of Changes
- Chapter 12 (Post-Script: Growing Pains in the Rainbow Nation) is new to the 2nd edition. It covers the post-transition leadership of Mbeki and Zuma, the 2010 World Cup, and the new political economy of AIDS, extending the book’s coverage to the present day.
- The 2nd edition features a greater emphasis on the wide range of online resources to guide students and instructors to new explorations of topics. Readers are encouraged to view tools such as primary source documents online, a world heritage site on forced removals, film clips and documentaries in the public domain, and online virtual museums.
- The annotated “For Further Reading” sections at the end of each chapter, the references at the end of the book, and the annotated list of online resources at the end of the book have all been updated by the author for the 2nd edition.
- The 2nd edition features a more concise, lively, and readable narrative that emphasizes student engagement.
- 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.
2. Chapter-by-Chapter Changes
Chapter 1: The Setting: Climate, Geography, and People in South Africa
- This chapter features new material on the environment.
Chapter 2: Early Conflict and Interdependence: The Establishment and Expansion of the Cape Colony
- A new discussion of representations of indigenous peoples (Khoe and San) in a global context is included.
Chapter 3: The British and the Expanding Cape
- This chapter features new material on the environment.
Chapter 4: The Making of New States
- This chapter features revised analyses of the making of African states in the 19th century.
Chapter 5: Africans, Afrikaners and the British in the Interior, 1830-1870
- This chapter includes a new analysis of changing African identities in the interior.
Chapter 6: The First Phase of South African Industrialization
- Greater emphasis is given to the social impact of migrant labor on African societies, including analyses of the impact on women.
Chapter 7: The Second Phase of South African Industrialization: Gold Mining and the Creation of a Unified White State
- Additional material is included on social and cultural adaptations made by Africans in urban areas.
- More discussion of the development of Afrikaner nationalism and consciousness is included.
Chapter 9: Apartheid and South African Society
- Expanded exploration of African township society under apartheid is featured, including discussion of music, popular entertainment, and sports.
Chapter 11: The New South Africa: 1994-2004
- A new exploration of the making of ethnic identity heritage since the transition is included.
- This chapter now provides greater detail on economic developments and a new exploration of the making of ethnic identity heritage since the transition.
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
Mounting Pressures and the Road to Negotiations
Negotiations and the Road to Democratic Elections
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 11: The New South Africa: 1994—2004
The New Government and the Ascendancy of the ANC
The Economy
Looking Back, Healing and Moving Forward: the TRC and the Land Question
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
For Further Reading
Chapter 12 Conclusion: Post-Transition Growing Pains and the World
This NEW chapter will cover the post-transition leadership of Mbeki and Zuma, the 2010 World Cup, current challenges: HIV/AIDS and crime and the new political economy.
Bibliography and Recommended Online Resources
Index
Dr. Aran S. MacKinnon is Professor of African History, and Chair of the Department of History and Geography at Georgia College. He is the former Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and of Global Studies and at the University of West Georgia. He earned his Ph.D. in history from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London, U.K, his M.A. in history from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa and his B.A. in history from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. He has studied, worked and taught in Canada, the U.K., the U.S. and South Africa. He is the author of The Making of South Africa. Culture and Politics (Pearson 2004, Second Edition, 2012), co-editor with Elaine MacKinnon of Places of Encounter, Time, Place and Connectivity in World History, Volumes 1 and 2 (Westview, 2012) and co-author of An Introduction to Global Studies (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) as well as numerous articles on South African history in various scholarly journals.
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