Overcoming Apartheid: Can Truth Reconcile a Divided Nation?: Can Truth Reconcile a Divided Nation?

by James L. Gibson

Book Overview

Perhaps no country in history has so directly and thoroughly confronted its past in an effort to shape its future as has South Africa. Working from the belief that understanding the past will help build a more peaceful and democratic future, South Africa has made a concerted, institutionalized effort to come to grips with its history of apartheid through its Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In Overcoming Apartheid, James L. Gibson provides the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871543125
• ISBN13: 9780871543127
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"