A historian and journalist who was one of the earliest and staunchest afrikaner opponents of apartheid, hermann giliomee weaves together life stories and historical interpretation to create a narrative history of the afrikaners from their beginnings. Hermann giliomee dissects the forces that shaped a. It is not a good library, but it did give us access to afrikaans. South africa, is the editor or author of thirteen books, including negotiating south africas future, awkward. In 2015 the israeli scholar uriel abulov published a remarkable book with the title the mortality and morality of nations cambridge university press, 2015. Biography of a people, the first comprehensive history of the afrikaner people based onand critical ofthe most recent scholarly work, draws on the authors own research and interviews conducted with leading political actors.
Giliomee s ambition, perhaps pretension, is clear in the size of the book. One party domination and democracy in industrialising countries. Afrikaner, ceci est ton temple du quo vadis, a toi et a toutes les generations a venir. Giliomee takes a hard, analytical look at the afrikaners fortunes over the past 100 years. There, in a series of interviews he conducted, he heard the life stories of a selection of the white citizenry, their opinions of fellow south africans. Unfortuntely the effort required to impose order on the mass of information assembled has made the book somewhat one dimensional, repetitive and often tedious. The setting was the drostdy theatre next to the braak, a site that many englishspeaking students know well. It seems to assume that by the afrikaners, it is referring to white afrikaans speaking people. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Hermann giliomee, historian, shares unique insights on sa. A historian and journalist who was one of the earliest and staunchest afrikaner opponents of apartheid, hermann giliomee weaves together life stories and historical interpretation to create a narrative history of the afrikaners from their beginnings with the colonization of the cape of good hope by the dutch east india. Johnson concludes that giliomee s book is a mustread for students of the south african situation in this article, first published at. This extract was taken from the rise and demise of the afrikaners by hermann giliomee, published by tafelberg. Oneparty domination and democracy in industrialising countries, from apartheid to nationbuilding, and the shaping of south african society.
The voortrekkers departed the colony in a series of parties, taking with them all their livestock and portable property, as well as their dependents. Biography of a people, expanded and updated edition 9780624048237 by giliomee, hermann and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books. The local role of a wellington afrikaner broederbond. Many afrikaners have emigrated, including to neighbouring african countries as they worry about land expropriation. Since the last illustrated history of south africa was published, farreaching changes have affected not only the country, but the writing of history itself.
The big question, says londonbased investigative journalist kajsa norman in her new book bridge over blood river, is whether the afrikaans culture can survive. This nationalism underlay the great trek, in which afrikaners opposed the abolition of slavery and legalized racial discrimination by the british. Hermann giliomee historian and political analyst hermann giliomee weaves together life stories and historical interpretation to create a narrative history of the afrikaners from their beginnings with the. Few ethnic or cultural minorities have had to change so radically and so frequently in such a short space of time in order to maintain their identity. Refreshingly, notes johnson, giliomee does not shy away from his controversial roots in the afrikaner national movement. Giliomee wants to tell the afrikaners story from the beginning with empa. The afrikaners were pioneers in a virtually unknown hinterland of exotic peoples and dramatic vistas. Weaving together life stories and historical interpretation, he creates a narrative history of the afrikaners from their beginnings with the colonisation of the cape of good hope by the dutch east india company to the dismantling of apartheid and beyond.
Buy the afrikaners by hermann giliomee from waterstones today. But then, the book also avoids definitions of the identity of afrikaner. Except in the case of collectable books or similar more valuable books where actual photos of the book are used to indicate condition, publisher images that match exactly the edition of the book on display is used. A death warrant for afrikaans by hermann giliomee, 11. Biography of a people by herman giliomee is a scholarly history of the afrikaners and, earlier, dutch from the colonization of the cape in 1652 to modern times. Arianna dagninos the afrikaner is a multifaceted book. Hermann giliomee weaves together life stories and interpretation to create a highly readable narrative. In the new history of south africa, 31 of south africas foremost share fresh insights and new approaches to the story of this country. He has been an associate at yale, cambridge and the wilson centre for international scholars in washington dc. South africa, manoeuvre warfare, the afrikaner rebellion and the german south west african campaign, 19141915. Hermann giliomee, extraordinary professor of history at the university of stellenbosch, has written or edited thirteen books, including the shaping of south african society. The afrikaners are unique in the world in that they successfully mobilised ethnic entrepreneurship without state assistance, controlled the government for almost 50 years, and then yielded power without military defeat.
Even as a political prisoner, he could order books from the public library in pretoria. Hermann giliomee s work is the result of vast research and is admirable in its determination to be fair and objective. The strength of the book lies in giliomee s distillation of a lifetimes research and reflection into a single prodigious volume. Hermann giliomee, extraordinary professor of history at the university of stellenbosch, has written or edited thirteen books, including the. Hermann giliomee has 28 books on goodreads with 672 ratings.
Hermann giliomee is an internationally renowned historian. Hermann giliomee, professor of history at the university of stellenbosch, south africa, is the editor or author of thirteen books, including negotiating south africas future, awkward embrace. The afrikaners biography of a people hermann giliomee. Uptodate international research is woven into a readable narrative history that makes the past. Hermann giliomee s most popular book is the afrikaners. While i doubt the book is of general international interest, its certainly an important contribution to south african historiography and as such will appeal to those who wish to understand the country. Giliomee s bestselling the afrikaners was published to international acclaim and adapted into a popular television documentary. The rise and crisis of afrikaner power by adam, heribert. Davies, rebecca, 2009 afrikaners in the new south africa. Giliomee, hermann and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It is a riveting comparative study of three small nations.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of hermann giliomee books online. Hermann giliomee, professor of history at the university of stellenbosch, south africa, is the editor or author of thirteen books, including. This work is a biography of the afrikaner people by historian and journalist herman giliomee, one of the earliest and staunchest afrikaner opponents of apartheid. Giliomee, hermann the university of virginia press. South africa, manoeuvre warfare, the afrikaner rebellion and. The author of the article, bronwyn davies, was an englishspeaking south african. Afrikaners are a southern african ethnic group descended from predominantly dutch settlers. The economist this crowning work by one of south africas most prominent social scientists is likely to become a baseline for interpreting afrikaner history for a. Hermann giliomee weaves together life stories and interpretation to create a highly readable narrative history of the afrikaners.
7 835 869 62 36 482 1010 256 839 43 346 1178 1231 1481 486 593 1277 745 60 858 1347 99 56 972 1060 1607 1081 466 573 577 858 645 155 401 1199 437 272 117