How Things Fell Apart: A Short History of South Africa - 1488 to Present Day [Paperback]

John H. Glover (Author)

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Publication Date: August 28, 2007

In How Things Fell Apart - A Short History of South Africa - 1488 to Present Day, John H. Glover reveals the source of Apartheid and the racial struggles of the indigenous South Africans. Africans, their struggles with the European for political justice and freedom, and their denial of equality in the South Africa Parliamentary system and its society. John used letters written by European South African Politicians to show the fights of the indigenous South Africans and what they were up against, such as Percy A. Molteno, James Rose-Innes, J. X. Merriman, and Sir Alfred Milner, British Governor of Cape Colony, who wrote to Rev. James Green on December 12, 1901: " . . . As for the indigenous South Africans, one thing which appears to me quite evident is that a distinction must be drawn in the case of the natives between personal and political rights. A political equality of white and black is impossible . . . in any South African Parliament the interests of the blacks should be specially represented . . . this could be best done by white men, not elected but nominated for that particular purpose . . . As regards to personal rights, I hold that those of the natives should be just as clearly defined, and just as sacred as those of the white men. I do not, however, think that they need always be, or ought always to be the same. . . . How Things Fell Apart - A Short History of South Africa also reveals the indigenous South African politicians such as Walter Benson Rubusana and John Tengo Jabavu, and their struggles to combat political injustice and apartheid.

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About the Author

John H. Glover was born on Oaks Plantation, Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. After graduation from Saint Helena High School in 1961, John enlisted in the United States Air Force and was honorable discharged in 1969. John began a 35 years career in computer operations building several data centers. In 1989, John decided to complete his undergraduate degree becoming a full time student at the University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California. John majored in African History with a minor in United States History. His African History studies were focused on South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, the Island of Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, and Ethiopia. John has always asked himself the question, how did a small ban of Europeans gain control over South Africa? He found the truth and is now sharing it with you.

Product Details

• Paperback: 148 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (August 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1434306267
• ISBN-13: 978-1434306265
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,865,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth your time to even open the cover, June 30, 2008

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This review is from: How Things Fell Apart: A Short History of South Africa - 1488 to Present Day (Paperback)

This is the most poorly written book I have ever read. The grammar is deplorable, the sentence structure is dismal and the logical organization of ideas into paragraphs nonexistant. Words are used improperly and some passages are surrounded by quotes with no reference citing where the quote came from. I have seen better writing than this in seventh grade social studies classrooms. When I first started reading, I thought it was a joke. After reading several chapters, I checked to see what publishing house would actually put something like this in print. The publisher is AuthorHouse, a self-publishing company that accepts any manuscript an author wants to pay to have printed. They charge an additional fee for editorial services - an investment this author apparently did not choose to make. I gave the book a one-star rating only because there was no way to indicate a rating of zero. I love books and almost never throw a book away, but this one is going straight in the trash.