Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa

As South Africa moves towards majority rule and blacks begin to exercise direct political power apartheid becomes a thing of the past - but its legacy in South African history will be indelible. this book is designed to introduce students to a range of interpretations of one of South Africa's central social characteristics: racial segregation. It:• brings together eleven articles which span the whole history of segregation from its origins to its final collapse• reviews the new historiography of segregation and the wide variety of intellectual traditions on which it is based• includes a glossary explanatory notes and further reading.