An Economic History of South Africa: Conquest, Discrimination, and Development (Ellen McArthur Lectures)

click here for more details, find new or used items	Charles H. Feinstein Our price £48.00 New from £40.53 Used from £41.57 Pages: 326 (Hardcover) ISBN: 0521850916 Pub: Cambridge University Press Pub date: 2005-06-23 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3054913

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I lecture on the London School of Economics' first year economic history course, "The Internationalisation of Economic Growth". I read this book and thought it excellent. It explains why (economically) apartheid worked better in the context of mining than in that of manufacturing, and thus why, over time, the economic results of apartheid were every more disappointing to its supporters. Last year I set this book for my students, for the week of the course on why apartheid failed. It got really positive feedback from them, they praised the book's clarity, as well as the material's inherent interest.

Until he died, Charles Feinstein was Britain's leading economic history. He is a past winner of the US economic history association's Jonathon Hughes Prize for outstanding teaching. He was born in South Africa, and campaigned vigorously against apartheid. In short, here is a book written by a brilliant academic, and an outstanding teacher, about a topic he knew a great deal about, and cared deeply for. What more could one ask for?

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