This course explores the various intersections of statecraft, the economy, society and identity by looking at how resources, labour and political control played out in changing mechanisms of power, accommodation and resistance in South Africa during the colonial and apartheid eras. Students may not hold credit for both HIST 3506 and HIST 3110 with the topic "History of South Africa: from Jan van Riebeck to Nelson Mandela." [3 credits]
This course explores the various intersections of statecraft, the economy, society and identity by looking at how resources, labour and political control played out in changing mechanisms of power, accommodation and resistance in South Africa during the colonial and apartheid eras. Students may not hold credit for both HIST 3506 and HIST 3110 with the topic "History of South Africa: from Jan van Riebeck to Nelson Mandela." [3 credits]