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South Africa's unique history, especially during the 20th century, has kept it constantly in the headlines. William Beinart's study examines, in a detailed fashion, the social and political history of the country up to the 1990s.

South Africa --- Africa, South --- History --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Economic conditions

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Beinart and Dubow's selection of some of the most important essays on racial segregation and apartheid in South Africa provides an unparallelled introduction to this contentious and absorbing subject. Incorporates the 1994 election.

Apartheid --- Blacks --- Segregation --- South Africa --- Race relations. --- History --- Race question --- #SBIB:013.IEB --- #SBIB:328H413 --- Instellingen en beleid: Zuid-Afrika --- Black people

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The influence of human economies and cultures on ecosystems is particularly striking in the new worlds into which Europeans have expanded over the past five hundred years. Using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach, Beinart and Coates examine this neglected aspect of the history of settler incursion and dominance in two frontier nations, the USA and South Africa. They also seek to explain change in indigenous ideas and practices towards the environment, and discuss the rise of popular environmentalism up to the present day.

History. --- Man. --- Nature.

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Who controls the land and minerals in the former Bantustans of South Africa - chiefs, the state or landholders? Disputes are taking place around the ownership of resources, decisions about their exploitation and who should benefit. With respect to all of these issues, the courts have become increasingly important. The contributors to Land, Law and Chiefs in Rural South Africa capture some of these intense contestations over land, law and political authority, focussing on threats to the rights of ordinary people. History and customary law feature strongly in most disputes and succession to chieftaincy is also frequently disputed. Judges have to make decisions in a context where rival claimants to property or office assert their own versions of history and custom. The South African constitution recognises customary law and the courts are attempting to incorporate and develop this branch of jurisprudence as 'living customary law'. Lawyers, community leaders and academics are called on to assist in researching cases around restitution, land rights and customary law. The chapters in this collection discuss legal cases and policy directions that have evolved since 1994. Some chapters analyse the increasing power of chiefs in the South African rural areas, while others suggest that the courts are giving support to popular rights over land and supporting local democratic processes. Contributors record significant pushback from groups that reject traditional authority. These political tensions are a central theme of the collection and thus serve as vital case studies in furthering our understanding of rights and restitution in South Africa.

Political theory --- Politics and international relations --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Land reform --- Customary law --- Land use, Rural --- Restitution --- Chiefdoms --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Political anthropology --- Replevin --- Unjust enrichment --- Rural land use --- Land use --- Agriculture --- Law and legislation