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Saunders, Christopher Charles was born on March 14, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Arrived in South Africa, 1947. Son of Charles Francis and Sylvia Rita (Gunsberg) Saunders.
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Over the past one hundred years, a body of historical knowledge and writing has been built up which has sought to explain and describe the unique configuration of South African Society. In the historical evolution of this society prominence and sometimes primacy have been variously accorded to the concepts of race and class. This survey of the lives and works of the major historians of South AfricaóG. M. Theal, W. M. Macmillan, C. W. de Kiewiet, Leonard Thompson, Shula Marks and othersóexamines the ways in which the South African past has been recreated and interpreted anew. Contents: Introduction 1; PART I:3 G.M. THEAL; 1 A Canadian becomes South African 9; 2 The making of a settler historian 18; 3 Race and Class 30; 4 Racial myths and Theal's legacy 36; PART 2:3 W.M. MACMILLAN AND C.W. DE KIEWIET; 5 Macmillan: the South African years, and after 47; 6 The revisionist historian 62; 7 De Kiewiet: from Johannesburg to America 76; 8 The master historian 81; 9 Race, class, and liberal history 95; PART 3:3 AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS; 10 Early Africanist work 105; 11 Walker and other historians of the 1930s and 1940s; 12 Historians of the 1940s and 1950s 121; 13 Early radical writing 131; PART 4:3 THE LIBERAL AFRICANISTS; 14 The beginnings of liberal Africanism 143; 15 The Oxford History 154; PART 5:3 THE RADICAL CHALLENGE; 16 The challenge begins 165; 17 Class and race, structure and process 177; 18 Changing perspectives 186; Conclusion 192; References 198; Select bibliography 219; Index 235^R
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(Over the past one hundred years, a body of historical kno...)
Over the past one hundred years, a body of historical knowledge and writing has been built up which has sought to explain and describe the unique configuration of South African Society. In the historical evolution of this society prominence and sometimes primacy have been variously accorded to the concepts of race and class. This survey of the lives and works of the major historians of South AfricaóG. M. Theal, W. M. Macmillan, C. W. de Kiewiet, Leonard Thompson, Shula Marks and othersóexamines the ways in which the South African past has been recreated and interpreted anew. Contents: Introduction 1; PART I:3 G.M. THEAL; 1 A Canadian becomes South African 9; 2 The making of a settler historian 18; 3 Race and Class 30; 4 Racial myths and Theal's legacy 36; PART 2:3 W.M. MACMILLAN AND C.W. DE KIEWIET; 5 Macmillan: the South African years, and after 47; 6 The revisionist historian 62; 7 De Kiewiet: from Johannesburg to America 76; 8 The master historian 81; 9 Race, class, and liberal history 95; PART 3:3 AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS; 10 Early Africanist work 105; 11 Walker and other historians of the 1930s and 1940s; 12 Historians of the 1940s and 1950s 121; 13 Early radical writing 131; PART 4:3 THE LIBERAL AFRICANISTS; 14 The beginnings of liberal Africanism 143; 15 The Oxford History 154; PART 5:3 THE RADICAL CHALLENGE; 16 The challenge begins 165; 17 Class and race, structure and process 177; 18 Changing perspectives 186; Conclusion 192; References 198; Select bibliography 219; Index 235^R
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Saunders, Christopher Charles was born on March 14, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Arrived in South Africa, 1947. Son of Charles Francis and Sylvia Rita (Gunsberg) Saunders.
Bachelor with honours, University Capetown, 1964. Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1972.
Lecturer University Capetown, South Africa, 1970-1976, senior lecturer South Africa, 1976-1985, associate professor South Africa, since 1985, head of department South Africa, 1990-1993. Visiting fellow All Souls College, Oxford, England, 1994, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984, Cambridge University, England, 1987.
(Over the past one hundred years, a body of historical kno...)
(Over the past one hundred years, a body of historical kno...)
( The Historical Dictionary of South Africa, Third Edit...)
(The book got a little wet once and it left a few bubbles ...)
(South Africa has recently undergone a transition from apa...)
Member South African History Society, Cape Town History Society.
Married Pam Allen, July 15, 1980.