Praiseforearliereditionsof
A Historyof SouthAfrica
"Highlyreadable.... Foraneatlycompressed,readable,authoritative
accountofSouthAfricanhistory,thisbookwilltakesomesurpassing."
-Paul Maylam,JournalofAfricanHistory
"In A HistoryofSouthAfricaLeonardThompson againproveshismettleas
an historianbyaugmentinghisowninsightswiththebestofthoseofhis
erstwhilecritics.... Thegreateststrengthofthisworkisitspresentationof
suchasweepingand complexhistoryin someofthe mostlucidproseto be
foundinsuchatext.It isan excellentchoiceforan introductorycourse,as
wellasoneofthebestwindowsforthegeneralreaderto gainperspectiveon
contemporarySouthAfrica:'-Donald Will,AfricaToday
"Thismagisterialhistorythrowsafloodlighton SouthAfrica'scurrentcrisis
byexaminingthepast.Theabsurdityoftheapartheidphilosophyof
racialseparatismisunderscoredbytheauthor'sargument(backedwith
convincingresearchmaterial)thatthegenesofthenation'sfirst
hunter-gatherersareinextricablymixedwiththoseofmodem blacks
andwhites."-PublishersWeekly
"ShouldbecomethestandardgeneraltextforSouthAfricanhistory.Itis
recommendedforcollegeclassesandanyoneinterestedinobtaininga
historicalframeworkinwhichtoplaceeventsoccurringinSouthAfrica
today:'-Roger B.Beck,History:ReviewsofNewBooks
((Amust foranyseriousstudent ofSouthAfrica:'-Senator DickClark,