The Rise and Fall of Apartheid by Peter Joyce

The Rise and Fall of Apartheid (Illustrated 1990 Newspaper Chronicle in Dust Jacket)

A Year-by-Year Chronicle of Apartheid South Africa, Told Through Its Newspapers, Photographs and Cartoons

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid: The chronicle of a divided society as told through South Africa's newspapers
• Author: Peter Joyce
• Editor: Leni Martin
• Publisher: Struik Publishers, Cape Town
• Publication Date: 1990
• ISBN-13: 9780869779002
• ISBN-10: 0869779001
• Edition Details: First published 1990. Edited by Leni Martin.
• Binding: Publisher's pale blue cloth boards with printed title to the front board, in a pictorial dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large-format illustrated hardcover (quarto-sized), 144 pages. Illustrated throughout with newspaper-style photographs, cartoons and clippings arranged by year.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The pale blue cloth boards are clean, with the title printed on the front and no marks visible. Board edges and corners are sound.
• Interior: The text block is tight and the cream pages are clean, with no foxing or markings seen. There is slight toning at the fore-edge.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The pictorial jacket is bright and glossy, with a small dent or crease nick to the spine about two-thirds down, light wear and a small chip with rubbing at the top of the back corner and top edge of the back panel, and slight toning to the rear flap. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published by Struik in Cape Town in 1990, The Rise and Fall of Apartheid is subtitled The Chronicle of a Divided Society as Told through South Africa's Newspapers. Compiled by Peter Joyce and edited by Leni Martin, it follows the apartheid era year by year.

The story is told through the press of the day: newspaper reports, photographs and cartoons are arranged chronologically, with an introduction by the compiler and a foreword by Helen Suzman. The contemporary material lets the reader see events as South Africans were first shown them.

Published as the apartheid system was being dismantled, this large illustrated volume is a useful visual reference for collectors and students of twentieth-century South African political history.

Author Profile: Peter Joyce

Peter Joyce studied modern history at Cambridge University before emigrating to Africa. He worked for publishing companies in Zimbabwe, then moved to Cape Town to help launch the Reader's Digest book-publishing division, and also held senior positions with Struik.

He later became a freelance writer and has produced more than sixty books. His other titles include South Africa in the 20th Century, the South African Family Encyclopaedia (Struik, 1989) and Presenting South Africa.