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131-072 South Africa Under Apartheid: 1948-1994 | |
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Note | Formerly available as 131-291/391. Students who have completed 131-291 or 131-391 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | David Philips |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first year history, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject studies South African society from 1948 to 1994, with its main focus being the rise and fall of the apartheid society. Students should develop the ability to analyse the systematic enforcement of a racial ideology by the National Party government, and the building up of a police state to back it; the nature of life under apartheid for most South Africans; the various forms of resistance offered to the apartheid state at particular points during this period, especially by black mass movements; the role of overseas pressures in the anti-apartheid struggle; and the eventual end of apartheid through the negotiations which led to the 1994 election. |
Assessment | Class participation and written work totalling 4000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available.
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