Forty lost years : the apartheid state and the politics of the National Party, 1948-1994 / Dan O'Meara.
By: O'Meara, Dan [Author]
Language: English Publisher: Athens, Ohio : Ohio, 1996Description: xxxix, 579 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 082141173X (pbk : alk. paper)Other title: 40 lost yearsSubject(s): National Party (South Africa) | Apartheid -- South Africa | Afrikaners -- Politics and government | Afrikaners -- Ethnic identity | South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994DDC classification: 324.68/083 LOC classification: JQ1998.N3 | O48 1996Summary: Exhaustively researched and fully illustrated with contemporary photographs and cartoons, Forty Lost Years is a multifaceted and subtle analysis of many aspects of South African politics since World War II. The author delves into the nature and functioning of the apartheid economy, the political role of big business and foreign governments, military strategy, the evolution of Afrikaner literature and the NP's changing relationship with the Afrikaner Broederbond. Underlying his complex and readable narrative is a concern both with the modes of explaining change and the dynamics of the transition process.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 557-564) and index.
Exhaustively researched and fully illustrated with contemporary photographs and cartoons, Forty Lost Years is a multifaceted and subtle analysis of many aspects of South African politics since World War II. The author delves into the nature and functioning of the apartheid economy, the political role of big business and foreign governments, military strategy, the evolution of Afrikaner literature and the NP's changing relationship with the Afrikaner Broederbond. Underlying his complex and readable narrative is a concern both with the modes of explaining change and the dynamics of the transition process.
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