The Oxford History of South Africa

The Oxford History of South Africa is a two volume history of South Africa published by Clarendon Press in 1969 (Vol. I) and 1971 (Vol. II). The publication of the work marked a watershed in the historiography of South Africa by for the first time giving indigenous Africans a central role in the history of the country.

The Oxford History of South Africa. Vol. I

Background

Until the 1960s, the history of South Africa was predominantly seen through a white colonialist lens that concentrated on white political history since the beginning of European settlement and tended to ignore earlier events and the history of the black majority. It was also a history written predominantly by whites and taught in white-dominated universities.[1]

Volumes
  • The Oxford History of South Africa Volume I. South Africa to 1870. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1969.[2]
  • The Oxford History of South Africa Volume II. South Africa 1870 to 1966. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1971.[3][4][5]

See also

References
  1. The Revolution in South African Historiography. Iain R. Smith, HistoryToday. Retrieved 11 March 2016. (Originally published in History Today, Vol. 38, Issue 2, February 1988.)
  2. http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/content/69/276/305.extract
  3. "The Oxford History of South Africa" Hans Beukes, Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 9, No. 1 (1972), pp. 91-96.
  4. "Reviewed Work: The Oxford History of South Africa, Volume II. South Africa, 1870-1966.", James B. Wolf, Africa Today, Vol. 19, No. 2, Labor and Development (Spring, 1972), pp. 89-91.
  5. "A Liberal Dilemma: A Critique of the Oxford History of South Africa". Anthony Atmore & Nancy Westlake, Race & Class, October 1972, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 107-136.
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