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  • -1838 From The First People To the First
    Settlements

    Chapter 1: The First People

    • Early Humans
    • The Khoikhoi Pastoralists
    • The Origin Of Farming In South Africa
    • The Origin Of The Zimbabwe Culture
    • People Of The Second Millennium
    • The Origin Of Black Political Communities

    Chapter 2: A New Society Drawn From Three Continents

    • The Company They Kept
    • The Baggage In Their Heads
    • A Complex Settlement
    • The Khoikhoi And The Dutch
    • People Of Bondage
    • Across The Sandy Plain
    • A Colony Of Settlement
    • The Rise Of The New Communities
    • Resistance To Colonial Expansion
    • The Xhosa And The Boers
    • Changing Times
    • A Cauldron Of Conflicts

    Chapter 3: A Proper British Colony

    • The British Take Root
    • Ending Slavery
    • Religious And Cultural States
    • An Unstable Frontier
    • A Great Trek
    • A Quest For A Treaty
    • A Distinctive Colony

  • 1800-1899 From Great Irruptions To
    African Nationalism

    Chapter 4: A Time Of Trouble And Rapid Transformation

    • The Mfecane
    • The Aftermath Of The Mfecane

    Chapter 5: Consolidation And Expansion Of The Colonial Presence

    • The Making Of The Liberal Cape
    • Colonial Expansion Into The South African Interior
    • White settlement on the highveld, and African reaction
    • Diamonds And After

    Chapter 6: From The Fall Of Kingdoms To The Rise Of Nationalism

    • African kingdoms: conquest and survival
    • The Cattle Have Gone
    • "Friends Of The Natives’ And The Origin Of African Nationalism

  • 1850-1945 From Agrarian To Industrial Society

    Chapter 7: From Territorial Expression To Sovereign State

    • The Roots Of Segregation
    • Economic opportunities
    • Growing Political Consciousness
    • A New British Thrust

    Chapter 8: Gold And War

    • The Story Of Gold
    • The War For South Africa
    • The second line of war: black involvement

    Chapter 9: A New South Africa In The Making

    • Milnerism And Reconstruction
    • The Road To Union
    • Launching The Union
    • World War 1

    Chapter 10: A Turbulent Decade

    • Post-war Crises
    • A Framework Of Segregation

    Chapter 11: Diverse Communities

    • Urbanisation And Change
    • A New Spiritual Force
    • The First Black Challenges
    • Coloureds: between white and black
    • The Indians
    • The White Communities

    Chapter 12: The Great Depression And War

    • Economic Woes And Political Reaction
    • A Resurgent Afrikaner Nationalism
    • Afrikaner Economic Mobilisation
    • The Watershed Of War
    • The ANC Regroups
    • Nationalist Divisions

  • 1945-2005 From An Afrikaner State To
    An African State

    Chapter 13: The Afrikaner Nationalists In Power

    • The post-war era
    • A Momentous Election
    • Constructing The Apartheid System
    • A Resurgent African National Congress
    • 1960: A Fateful Year
    • The ANC Turns To Armed Struggle
    • The 'Fabulous Years'

    Chapter 14: In Search Of A New Order

    • A State Of Change
    • The Black Consciousness movement
    • The Strike That Changed South Africa
    • The Retreat Of White Rule
    • The Soweto Uprising Of 1976
    • Leadership Crisis
    • A 'total Onslaught'
    • The ANC In Exile
    • A Hero In Jail And A Democratic Front
    • An Urban Uprising
    • A Dirty Frontier War
    • Weakening Control

    Chapter 15: Towards An Inclusive Democracy

    • Negotiating In Turbulent Times
    • A new constitution
    • The Mandela Presidency
    • The Mbeki Presidency
    • Pursuing growth and redistribution
    • Trying To Fashion Educational Equality
    • A final word: a perplexing, challenging country
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