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A Very Strange Society: A Journey to the Heart of South Africa
Author:	Allen Drury
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Non-fiction
Publisher:	Trident Press
Pub Date:	1967
Media Type:	Print (hardcover & paperback)
Pages:	465
Isbn:	1-299-27312-2

A Very Strange Society: A Journey to the Heart of South Africa is a 1967 non-fiction book by Allen Drury.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] It explores the then-evolving government and culture of the Republic of South Africa.^[4]

Overview

Combining newspaper articles, interviews and government edicts, Drury presents the "achievements and failures" of the new republic, which was founded in 1961.^[4]

Critical reception

In November 1967, Kirkus Reviews wrote:

External links

Web site: Popular Social Anthropology: A Very Strange Society . P.B. . Harris . 87–88 . African Journal of Social Development . . January 30, 2015.

Notes and References

Book: Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners . Brennan . Elizabeth A. . Clarage . Elizabeth C. . Greenwood Press. December 17, 1998 . 1-573-56111-8 . 229–230.
Web site: Drury, Allen (1918 September 2 - 1998 September 2): Biographical History . https://web.archive.org/web/20150120232511/http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=drury-allen-cr.xml . dead . January 20, 2015 . . January 20, 2015 .
Web site: A very strange society. TAU SA. TAU SA. Politicsweb.co.za . October 3, 2011 . January 30, 2015.
Web site: A Very Strange Society by Allen Drury . . January 20, 2015.