{"product_id":"9781869199081","title":"A History of South Africa: From Past to Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis extensive history of South Africa was written by some of the country's most prominent historians such as Hermann Giliomee, Jan Visagie, David Scher and Fransjohan Pretorius. Its broad scope includes South Africa's pre-colonial history, slavery, Afrikaner nationalism, an environmental history and an analysis of a post-apartheid South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters included are: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Anglo-Boer War - Fransjohan Pretorius\u003cbr\u003eThe establishment of apartheid, 1948-1966 - David Scher\u003cbr\u003eApartheid: A different view- Hermann Giliomee\u003cbr\u003eThe democratic puberty, 2004-2011 - Jan-Jan Joubert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo chapters are about the struggle against the Afrikaner and focus on the black resistance movement. The author said in a recent interview: 'We did not try and justify apartheid, but one has to know what it was all about'. Prof Hermann Giliomee also poses the question in his chapter: 'Was apartheid all bad?' \u003cbr\u003eThe author emphasises that the book is an effort to understand people's behaviour in the history of this country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Fransjohan+Pretorius\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eFransjohan Pretorius\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fransjohan Pretorius","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375539437731,"sku":"9781869199081","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781869199081_10fa66e9-b7a3-45bb-aaf0-54eee05e6a80.jpg?v=1776608229","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781869199081","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}