| The Afrikaners: An Historical Interpretation Contributor(s): Le May, G. H. L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631182047 ISBN-13: 9780631182047 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1996 Annotation: This is a political history of the Afrikaner peoples from their arrival in southern Africa in 1652, up to the present day. The account covers the establishment of the Dutch East India trading post in the Cape, the Great Trek of the 1830s, the discovery of golf and diamonds in the Transvaal in the late nineteenth century, the Anglo-Boer War, the effects of the two World Wars and the democratic elections of 1994. At all these stages G. H. L. Le May assesses not only the development of the state institutions of Afrikaner society, but also the evolution of the people's distinct mentality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - Republic Of South Africa - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 968 |
| LCCN: 95011584 |
| Series: Peoples of Africa |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.15" W x 9.23" (1.34 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a history of the Afrikaner peoples from their arrival in southern Africa in 1652, up to the present day. The account covers the establishment of the Dutch East India trading post in the Cape, the Greak Trek of the 1830s, the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Transvaal in the late nineteenth century, the Anglo-Boer War, the effects of the two World Wars, and the democratic elections of 1994. At all these stages, G H L Le May assesses not only the development of the state institutions of Afrikaner society, but the evolution of the people's distinct mentality. |
