{"product_id":"a-history-of-south-africa-9780002555616","title":"A History of South Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eA remarkable feat of scholarship  fairness and readability  full of lively detail with a freshness of style which brings new life to the narrative Anthony SampsonThroughout its turbulent history  South Africa has frequently been the focus of worldwide attention -- usually hostile. Yet prejudice and ignorance about the country are widespread. The evolution of the present-day Rainbow Nation has taken place under conditions of sometimes extreme pressure. Since long before the arrival of the first European settlers in the seventeenth century  the country has been home to a complex and uneasily co-existing blend of races and cultures  and successive waves of immigrants have added to the already volatile mixture. Despite the euphoria which greeted the dismantling of the apartheid system and the election as President of Nelson Mandela in April 1994  South Africas history  racial mix and recent political upheavals suggest it will not easily free itself from the legacy of its tumultuous past.Newly revised and updated  Frank Welshs vividly written  even-handed and authoritative history casts new light on many of South Africas most cherished myths. Like his A History of Hong Kong  it will surely come to be regarded as definitive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651938345013,"sku":"ByrdShop_0002555611","price":267.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780002555616.jpg?v=1781846294","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-history-of-south-africa-9780002555616","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}