Launch Invitation: The Cambridge History of South Africa Volumes 1 and 2

The African Branch of Cambridge University Press cordially invites you to attend the South African launches of these important titles, taking place in both Johannesburg and Cape Town during mid November 2012.

The Cambridge History of South Africa: Volume 1: From Early Times to 1885 is an important reassessment of South Africa’s history and a significant new tool for students and academics of African history worldwide.

The Cambridge History of South Africa: Volume 2: 1885-1994 pulls together four decades of scholarship to present a detailed overview of South Africa during the twentieth century.

Launch Details

CAPE TOWN
Date:    Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Time:    17:30 for 18:00
Venue:    Clarke’s Bookshop, 199 Long Street, Cape Town
Speaker: Francis Wilson, Emeritus Professor, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, former Director of SALDRU, acting Pro Vice-Chancellor of Poverty and Inequality, University of Cape Town


JOHANNESBURG
Date:    Friday, 16 November 2012
Time:    17:30 for 18:00
Venue:    Origins Centre, Corner Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Ave, Wits University, Braamfontein
Speaker: Keith Breckenridge, Associate Professor of History, WISER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research), University of Witwatersrand

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The Cambridge History of South Africa Volume 1 and 2

The African Branch of Cambridge University Press is pleased to announce that it has released a paperback edition of this influential two-volume history.

Reflecting on South Africa´s achievement of majority rule, these volumes take a critical and searching look at the country´s past. With chapters contributed by the best historians of the country, the volumes elaborately weave together new data, interpretations, and perspectives on the South African past, from the Early Iron Age to the present. Their findings incorporate new sources, methods, and concepts and represent an important reassessment of all the major historical events, developments, and records of South Africa - written, oral, and archaeological.


The Cambridge History of South Africa Volume 1, From Early Times to 1885
Editors: Carolyn Hamilton - University of Cape Town, Bernard K. Mbenga - North-West University, Robert Ross - Universiteit Leiden

Paperback African Edition 9781107678224
Publication date: May 2012
Price: R250.00

Hardback Edition 9780521517942
Publication Date: May 2010
Price: R1200.00


The Cambridge History of South Africa Volume 2, 1885–1994
Editors: Robert Ross - Universiteit Leiden, Anne Kelk Mager - University of Cape Town, Bill Nasson - University of Stellenbosch

Paperback African Edition 9781107677852
Publication date: May 2012
Price: R350.00

Hardback Edition 9780521869836
Publication Date: Nov 2011
Price: R1500.00

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Note: Prices contained in this article are valid as at 30 July 2012, and are subject to change. Please contact our Customer Services Department in Cape Town to confirm price and availability.

30 October 2012: Article submitted by Marche Cowling, Academic Marketing Coordinator, Cambridge University Press African Branch