{"product_id":"b00k5r8d2k","title":"A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fresh and penetrating exploration of South Africa’s history, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“I did not think it was possible for a white person to write a history of South Africa which a black South African would find to be a fair and accurate account of a beautiful land and its people. Leonard Thompson has disabused me of that notion. His is a history that is both accurate and authentic, written in a delightful literary style.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fourth Edition of this classic text brings South Africa's history up to date with a new chapter chronicling the first presidential term of Mbeki and ending with the funeral of Nelson Mandela.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“An admirably objective history of South Africa . . . [that] will be most useful in contemplating the country’s future.”—Lorna Hahn,  New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“This is a work of insight and durability that is certain to assist South Africa’s coming generation of nation-builders to reach a more objective understanding of their past.”— Foreign Affairs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Concentrating on southern Africa’s black inhabitants, rather than on its white minority, this work has received universal praise from scholars and activists alike.”— Washington Post Book World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The text is basic for any reader who wishes to comprehend the historical patterns that preface the struggles that seethe and boil in this country. A careful, reliable book for student research.”— School Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54231565468011,"sku":"YSL26786","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1674\/0203\/files\/61NOLC4yIHL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792834689","url":"https:\/\/www.booktavero.com\/products\/b00k5r8d2k","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}