H.r. 3408--the Fair Credit Reporting Amendments Act Of 1999: Hearing Before The Subcommittee On Financial Institutions And Consumer Credit Of The ... Sixth Congress, Second Session, May 4, 2000

Selected Acronymns And Contractions -- Country Profile -- Historical Setting / William H. Worger -- Southern African Societies To Ca. 1600 -- The Earliest South Africans -- The Arrival Of Bantu-speaking Africans -- Earlyeuropean Settlement -- Origins Of Settlement -- Establishing A Slave Economy -- Emergence Of A Settler Society -- The Rise Of African States -- Background To The Mfecane -- Shaka And The Rise Of The Zulu State -- Swazi, Sotho, And Ndebele States -- The Expansion Of European Settlement -- British Colonialism -- The Great Trek -- The Voortrekker Republics And British Policies -- Industrialization And Imperialism, 1870-1910 -- The Mineral Revolution -- Africans And Industrialization -- British Imperialism And The Afrikaners -- Formation Of The Union Of South Africa, 1910 -- Segregation, 1910-48 -- Building The Legal Structure Of Racial Discrimination -- Formation Of The African National Congress, 1912 -- World War I And Afrikaner Nationalism -- Conflict In The 1920s -- The Great Depression And The 1930s -- The Impact Of World War Ii -- The 1948 Election -- Apartheid, 1948-76 -- The Legislative Implementation Of Apartheid -- Black Resistance In The 1950s -- Consolidating Apartheid In The 1960s -- The Rise Of Black Consciousness -- Government In Crisis, 1978-89 -- The Contradictions Of Apartheid -- Divisions In The White Community -- Limited Reforms -- Dismantling Apartheid, 1990-94 -- The Quest For Peace -- Irreversible Progress Toward Democracy -- Preparing For Elections. Distributed To Some Depository Libraries In Microfiche. Shipping List No.: 2001-0038-p. Serial No. 106-57. Includes Bibliographical References. Also Available Via Internet From The Banking And Financial Services Committee Web Site. Address As Of 12/13/00: Http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/bank/hba64477.000/hba644770̲f.htm; Current Access Is Available Via Purl.