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Mar 28, 2024
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HS 443 - Apartheid and Its Demise in South Africa(3.00 cr.)
Examines the origins of the South African apartheid system from Dutch settlement in the seventeenth century through British conquest in the nineteenth century, to the electoral victory of the Afrikaner Nationalist Party in 1948. Explores apartheid's demise, beginning with the elite-based African nationalist parties of the 1910s, campaigns of mass civil disobedience of the 1950s, Black Consciousness movement of the 1970s, and mass democratic movements of the 1980s. Issues of race, class, and gender are prominently featured. Readings and research assignments stress a wide range of primary as well as secondary sources.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course. Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IAF
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