Unset (2005) South Africa's 1940s: worlds of possibilities. Double Storey. ISBN 9781770130012

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Abstract

The 1940s was a turbulent period in the history of South Africa. It opened with parliament's bitterly contested decision to enter the war; was rocked by political turmoil; and ended with a bang, as well as a whimper, as the National Party captured political power in 1948. Most see it as a decade that led inexorably towards apartheid but the coming of Afrikaner nationalism was only one of several competing visions of the future. The decade was in fact marked by a general sense of expectancy and optimism that the end of the war would usher in a brave new world. New worlds of possibilities were envisioned on all sides. Reform, social and political, was in the air. But in the end it turned out to be a Prague spring, and the kinds of reforms that many envisaged were dealt a deathblow, only to be resurrected 40 years later with the demise of Afrikaner nationalism. These worlds of possibilities are explored more fully in this volume.

Item Type:	Edited Book
Schools and Departments:	School of History, Art History and Philosophy > History
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DT History of Africa > DT1701 South Africa
Depositing User:	Saul Dubow
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 20:33
Last Modified:	16 Aug 2012 14:54
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/26573

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