Crais, Clifton, and Thomas V. McClendon, eds. "The South Africa Reader: History, Culture, Politics."(Book review)

• Author: Zentella, Yoly

Crais, Clifton, and Thomas V. McClendon, eds. The South Africa Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014.

The South Africa Reader: History, Culture, Politics is a collection of over eighty primary and secondary sources divided into eight chapters that describe the complex history and culture of South Africa since the initial period of European contact at the end of the fifteenth century. Although the first Europeans to enter the area were the Portuguese, it was the Dutch and English merchants who arrived in the seventeenth century who had a more profound impact. The book's editors, Clifton Crais, a Professor of History at Emory University, and Thomas V. McClendon, a Professor of History at Southwestern University, have put together a comprehensive narrative that...