Apartheid's Landscape and Ideas

Apartheid's Landscape and Ideas
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Publisher : University Rochester Press
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 1580460801
ISBN-13 : 9781580460804
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Book Synopsis Apartheid's Landscape and Ideas by : Alan Schwerin

Download or read book Apartheid's Landscape and Ideas written by Alan Schwerin and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mosaic of intriguing first-hand historical accounts of the country, its people, significant events, and moral and political predicaments have been culled from diaries and correspondence from early missionaries, soldiers, politicians, laborers, and ordinary settlers. These historical documents display the prejudices, fears and character of the sojourners in South Africa. The text presents a unique view of the seeds of the racism that would later constitute the lifeblood of apartheid."--BOOK JACKET.


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