Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Hopkinson, Tom

South Africa Tom Hopkinson and the Editors of Life - New York Time Incorporated 1964 - 160 p. - Life World Library .

Favored tip of a continent -- Settling the distant and difficult land -- Change wrought by gold and diamonds -- Open war between Boer and Briton -- Privileged life of the whites -- Apartheid in action -- Religion of the elect -- Search for truth in the arts -- Politics above and below the surface -- Many pressures imperiling the fortress.

Everybody wants to know about South Africa. It is a country ruled by an oligarchy whose forefathers came from Europe. It has been settled for more than 300 years. It is a land of perplexing contrasts.


Politics and government South Africa --1948-1961
Race relations South Africa

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