MODULE SPECIFICATION
Code: UPHPHE-30-2 Version: 3
Title: Modern South Africa: Segregation, the State and the Origins of Apartheid, 1820-1948
Level: 2 UWE credit rating: 30 ECTS credit rating: 15
Module type: Standard
Owning Faculty: Social Sciences and Humanities Field: History
Committee approval: QSC, Chair’s Action Date: 16th July 2009
Approved for Delivery by:
(indicate name of affiliated institution if module will only be delivered by them)
Valid from: September 2009 Discontinued from:
Contributes towards: Awards up to BA (Hons)
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Entry requirements:
(if the module is offered as CPD or stand alone, indicate the entry requirements)
Excluded combinations: None
Learning outcomes:
On successful completion of this module students should be able to demonstrate (all outcomes assessed by Component A Element 1 and Component B Elements 1-2):
• a grasp of the chronology;
• an understanding of the main economic, political and social issues and trends;
• an understanding of the major cultural shifts, trends and movements within both white settler societies and the indigenous population;
• a critical appreciation of the different scholarly/historiographical approaches to the issues and events raised in this module;
• an understanding of the foundations and manifestations of racialism and segregationist discourse;
• an appreciation of the problems and opportunities of multi-/inter-disciplinary approaches to historical problems;
• the ability to discuss critically concepts such as 'segregation', 'nationalism', 'South Africanism' and 'apartheid';
• the ability to analyse debates critically in their appropriate context.
Syllabus outline:
This module will seek to provide a thorough examination of the modern history of a significant region of Africa, which has been influenced by two separate and distinct colonialisms, namely Afrikaner and British. It is intended that the problems and developments of this region should be presented in an essentially chronological framework, accommodating consideration of social, economic and political themes. The approach will be comparative and multicultural. In the economic sphere particular emphasis will be given to agriculture and the extractive industries of the region which provided a platform for industrial development after 1918. In the social sphere the various labour systems designed and implemented in South Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries will be examined, which in turn led to the development of a segregationist state. With regard to the political sphere attention is focused on both domestic and international developments such as: the impact of white settler societies on indigenous cultures, the expansion of British imperial power within the sub-continent, the growth of Afrikaner nationalism, the clash of imperial and ‘nationalist’ interests during the South African War (1899-1902), self-government, dominion status, the development of a segregationist state, the growth of non-white opposition, the impact of World War II, and finally, the triumph of Apartheid in 1948.
The geographical setting
British conquest and consolidation, 1815-50
Afrikaner dissent and the Great Trek
Indigenous encounters: The Xhosa and the Zulus
Creeping Imperialism and informal empire, 1850-75
Diamonds and Gold
The destruction of the Zulus
The Scramble for southern Africa, 1875-1890
John Bull, The Kaiser and Paul Kruger
The colonial economy of Southern Africa before 1914: Agriculture and Mining
Labour migrancy and the origins of segregation
South Africa: War and Reconstruction 1899-1905
Colonial self-government, unification and World War I
The economy of South Africa 1914-1948
Imperialism, dominion status and Afrikaner nationalism 1914-1948
The development of the labour system in South Africa 1914-1939
The institutionalisation of segregation in South Africa 1914-1939
The growth of non-white opposition
South Africa and World War II
The triumph of Afrikanerdom
Teaching and learning methods:
This module will be taught using a series of weekly lectures and un-assessed seminars, as well as individual tutorials.
Indicative Reading List:
James Barber |
South Africa in the Twentieth Century (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1999). |
William Beinhart |
Twentieth Century South Africa (Oxford: Opus, 1994). |
Rodney Davenport & Christopher Saunders |
South Africa: A Modern History, 5th edition (London: Macmillan, 2000). |
John Laband |
The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation (London: Arms and Armour Press, 1997). |
Shula Marks & Richard Rathbone, eds. |
Industrialisation and Social Change in South Africa (London: Longmans, 1992). |
Noël Mostert |
Frontiers (New York: Knopf, 1992). |
Dan O’Meara |
Volkskapitalisme: Class, capital and Ideology in the development of Afrikaner nationalism 1934-1948 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983). |
Deborah Posel |
The Making of Apartheid 1948-1961 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991). |
D M Schreuder |
The Scramble for Southern Africa, 1877-1895 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980). |
Robert Ross |
A Concise History of South Africa (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999) . |
Iain R Smith |
The Origins of the South African War, 1899-1902 (London: Longmans, 1996). |
Nigel Worden |
The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Segregation and Apartheid (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1994). |
Assessment
Weighting between components A and B (standard modules only) A: 50% B: 50%
ATTEMPT 1
First Assessment Opportunity
Component A
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Exam (3 Hours) 50%
Component B
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Essay (2,500 words) 25%
2. Essay (2,500 words) 25%
Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance is not required)
Component A
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Exam (3 Hours) 50%
Component B
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Essay (2,500 words) 25%
2. Essay (2,500 words) 25%
SECOND (OR SUBSEQUENT) ATTEMPT Attendance at taught classes is required.
Specification confirmed by …………………………………………………Date ……………………………
(Associate Dean/Programme Director)