Nasson, Bill

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NASSON, Bill

NASSON, Bill. South African, b. 1952. Genres: History. Career: University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, senior lecturer in economic history, 1986-90, associate professor of history, 1992-, director of Western Cape Oral History Project, 1992-; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, visiting fellow and associate professor of African history, 1990-91. Yale University, visiting fellow, 1984; Historial de la Grande Guerre (France), member of research council, 1990-; Stanford University, visiting lecturer, 1991; Smuts Visitor, University of Cambridge, 1994; Australian National University, visiting fellow, 1994. Publications: (with John Samuel) Education: From Poverty to Liberty, David Philip, 1990; Abraham Esau's War, Cambridge University Press, 1991; (with Tom Lodge) All, Here and Now, David Philip, 1991. Address: Department of History, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.

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