Author : Paul S. Landau
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521196031
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Book Synopsis Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948 by : Paul S. Landau
Download or read book Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948 written by Paul S. Landau and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948 offers a newly inclusive vision of South Africa's past. Drawing largely from original sources, Paul Landau presents a history of the politics of the country's people, from the time of their early settlements in the elevated heartlands, through the colonial era, to the dawn of Apartheid. A practical tradition of mobilization, alliance, and amalgamation persisted, mutated, and occasionally vanished from view; it survived against the odds in several forms, in tribalisms, Christian assemblies, and other, seemingly hybrid movements; and it continues today. Landau treats southern Africa broadly, concentrating increasingly on the southern highveld and ultimately focusing on a transnational movement called the "Samuelites." He shows how people's politics in South Africa were suppressed and transformed, but never entirely eliminated.