Writing South African History: Trends and Retrospect
Writing South African history: Trends and retrospect presents the first comprehensive reassessment of South African historiography in nearly four decades. Across 18 original chapters by leading scholars, it examines how South Africa's past has been written, debated and reimagined amid major politica...
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