ilość książek w kategorii: 1675
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Hidden Struggles in Rural South Africa: Politics and Popular Movements in the Transkei and Eastern Cape, 1890-1930
ISBN: 9780852550137 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Terence Ranger described ths book as a '...landmark in the historiography of southern Africa.' The book is an exercise in historical retrieval, focussed on a series of forgotten episodes in South Africa's history that were neglected in subsequent historical writing. North America: University of California Press
Terence Ranger described ths book as a '...landmark in the historiography of southern Africa.' The book is an exercise in historical retrieval, focuss...
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134,07 |
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The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa
ISBN: 9780852550434 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'The great virtue of this book is that it is the first major study to focus exclusively on the historical evolution of ethnic identity over a broad region from Zaire ... to South Africa.' - John McCracken, University of Stirling US & Canada & the Philippines: University of California Press
'The great virtue of this book is that it is the first major study to focus exclusively on the historical evolution of ethnic identity over a broad re...
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173,82 |
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The Rise and Fall of the South African Peasantry
ISBN: 9780852550472 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With a Preface reviewing some of the debates prompted by the earlier edition of this book.
With a Preface reviewing some of the debates prompted by the earlier edition of this book.
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134,07 |
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The Moral Ecology of South Africa's Township Youth
ISBN: 9780230618916 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an engagingaccount of the moral lives of young black South Africans once the struggle against apartheid ended and took away their object of political resistance.It shows howpartial-parenting, partial-schooling, and pervasive poverty contributes to how a group of young people construct right and wrong andwhat rules govern their behavior.
This book provides an engagingaccount of the moral lives of young black South Africans once the struggle against apartheid ended and took away their o...
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203,61 |
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Bring Me My Machine Gun
ISBN: 9781586487386 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The "Financial Times"' world news editor tells the epic story of post-apartheid South Africa--a country once so full of promise, now teetering on the brink of chaos
The "Financial Times"' world news editor tells the epic story of post-apartheid South Africa--a country once so full of promise, now teetering on the ...
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152,33 |
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My Life Under White Supremacy and in Exile
ISBN: 9780902869851 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These memoirs of Leonard Nikani give a graphic portrayal of a black man growing up in racist South Africa. Leonard began to question the racist system while still at school. As a student at Fort Hare University he became involved in the political struggle, joining the Society of Young Africa, the youth organisation of the Unity Movement of South Africa. He remained committed to the political struggle for the rest of his life. He exposes the policies of the ANC and the South African Communist Party in the liberation struggle, which led to their failure in government to meet the demands of the...
These memoirs of Leonard Nikani give a graphic portrayal of a black man growing up in racist South Africa. Leonard began to question the racist system...
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65,63 |
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Focus on Zimbabwe
ISBN: 9781606921869 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on the politics, government, economic and social conditions in present day Zimbabwe.
This book focuses on the politics, government, economic and social conditions in present day Zimbabwe.
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277,08 |
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The illustrated guide to the Anglo-Zulu War
ISBN: 9781869140557 / Angielski / Miękka / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Illustrated Guide to the Anglo-Zulu War is a comprehensive, illustrated and expert guide to the famous clash in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. The book describes and explains the origins of the conflict, the Zulu, British and colonial military systems, the combatants' tactics and strategies, and the course of the campaign. There are definitive maps of military operations and the battles, diagrams of fortifications and additional pictorial material, all of which provide a dramatic and visual explication of the war. The aim is to lead the reader through the campaign...
The Illustrated Guide to the Anglo-Zulu War is a comprehensive, illustrated and expert guide to the famous clash in 1879 between the British Empire an...
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134,07 |
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Sport, Space and Segregation
ISBN: 9781869141615 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a story of insiders and outsiders. Author Christopher Merrett uses physical recreation as a lens through which to view the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the South African city of Pietermaritzburg. He traces successive ideologies of imperialism, colonial segregation, and apartheid to show how sport was used to keep communities apart. Sport in Pietermaritzburg was 'white sport.' After the imposition of legislation, access to recreation facilities became a powerful cause for the city's anti-apartheid coalition. Sport provided an opportunity, one of the few in a...
This is a story of insiders and outsiders. Author Christopher Merrett uses physical recreation as a lens through which to view the political, social, ...
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cena:
208,64 |
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There Was This Goat: Investigating the Truth Commission Testimony of Notrose Nobomvu Konile
ISBN: 9781869141660 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On April 23, 1996, Notrose Nobomvu Konile lifted her hand and swore to tell the truth to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She was the mother of Zabonke Konile, a young man killed in what has become known as the Gugulethu Seven incide
On April 23, 1996, Notrose Nobomvu Konile lifted her hand and swore to tell the truth to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She wa...
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114,21 |
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Knowledge and Colonialism: Eighteenth-Century Travellers in South Africa
ISBN: 9789004177437 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Knowledge and Colonialism" examines writings and drawings of eighteenth-century scientific travellers in South Africa against the background of administrative and commercial discourses. It is argued that these travellers benefited more from their relationship with the colonial order than the other way around
"Knowledge and Colonialism" examines writings and drawings of eighteenth-century scientific travellers in South Africa against the background of admin...
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640,58 |
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Holocene Prehistory of the Southern Cape, South Africa: Excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve
ISBN: 9781407303437 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During 1992/3 nine Later Stone Age (LSA) coastal midden sites ranging in age from 6960 BP to 290 BP, and representing 28 depositional units were excavated in the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve and in the directly adjacent Blombos Estates, situated 20 km to the west of Still Bay, southern Cape, South Africa. This monograph is based on the results derived from the author's research of these sites, including more recent data. In this monograph the term Blombosfontein i s used to cover both the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve and the Blombos Estates. The original excavations of 1992 revealed Middle...
During 1992/3 nine Later Stone Age (LSA) coastal midden sites ranging in age from 6960 BP to 290 BP, and representing 28 depositional units were excav...
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300,67 |
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Time Is for Slaves: Yorkshiremen in Nineteenth Century Matabeleland
ISBN: 9781438909011 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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67,35 |
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In the Twilight of the Revolution. the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (South Africa) 1959-1994
ISBN: 9783905758122 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a long-overdue history of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) and the rise of the Africanist ideology in South Africa. From its formation in 1959, the PAC underground inside South Africa and in exile shaped the dynamics of the anti-apartheid movement and liberation struggle by framing alternative ideologies. Kwandiwe Kondlo analyses the radical traditions, the structural contradictions and the internal conflicts of this rival to the African National Congress (ANC), South Africas dominant liberation organisation. The contributions of some of the PAC leaders, including...
This book is a long-overdue history of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) and the rise of the Africanist ideology in South Africa. From its f...
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272,85 |
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Africa for the African: The Life of Joseph Booth
ISBN: 9789990816037 / Angielski / Miękka / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of an unusual missionary. Joseph Booth published a book in 1897 demanding independence for Malawi and played a key role in inspiring an anti-colonial rising eighteen years later. This book tells of his activities in Malawi, South Africa and Lesotho and of his efforts to find support for his cause in Australia, Britain and the USA.
The story of an unusual missionary. Joseph Booth published a book in 1897 demanding independence for Malawi and played a key role in inspiring an anti...
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368,88 |
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Religion and Spirituality in South Africa : New Perspectives
ISBN: 9781869141677 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Religion and spirituality are closely woven into the fabric of South African public and private life - though not always seamlessly. This book is concerned with the role of religion and spirituality in individual identity and belief, as well as in the public spheres of South African governance and policy-making. It brings together significant researchers from various disciplinary perspectives - ranging from law and politics to theology, literature, and media studies - with the aim of investigating new critical approaches to religion and spirituality. The book seriously engages with the range...
Religion and spirituality are closely woven into the fabric of South African public and private life - though not always seamlessly. This book is conc...
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144,01 |
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The Cultural Politics of Female Sexuality in South Africa
ISBN: 9780415872690 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sexual identity has emerged into the national discourse of post-apartheid South Africa, bringing the subject of rights and the question of gender relations and cultural authenticity into the focus of the nation state's politics. This book is a fascinating reflection on the effects of these discourses on non-normative modes of sexuality and intimacy and on the country more generally. While in 1996, South Africa became the first country in the world that explicitly incorporated lesbian and gay rights within a Bill of Rights, much of the country has continued to see homosexuality as... Sexual identity has emerged into the national discourse of post-apartheid South Africa, bringing the subject of rights and the question of gender r... |
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844,48 |
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Becoming Zimbabwe. A History from the Pre-colonial Period to 2008
ISBN: 9781779220837 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Becoming Zimbabwe is the first comprehensive history of Zimbabwe, spanning the years from 850 to 2008. In 1997, the then Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Morgan Tsvangirai, expressed the need for a more open and critical process of writing history in Zimbabwe. ...The history of a nation-in-the-making should not be reduced to a selective heroic tradition, but should be a tolerant and continuing process of questioning and re-examination. Becoming Zimbabwe tracks the idea of national belonging and citizenship and explores the nature of state rule, the changing contours...
Becoming Zimbabwe is the first comprehensive history of Zimbabwe, spanning the years from 850 to 2008. In 1997, the then Secretary General of the Zimb...
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207,19 |
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Masters and Servants on the Cape Eastern Frontier, 1760-1803
ISBN: 9780521121248 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describing the volatile relationship between European settlers and the indigenous Khoisan peoples in eighteenth-century southern Africa, this book explores the underlying causes of this pervasive violence in the eastern Cape, and considers the fate of the many women and children captured by Boer commandos and then assimilated to the condition of captive labor. It also offers a detailed analysis of the frontier economy, linking it to the markets and merchants of Cape Town, and revealing its subservience to the commercial policies of the Dutch East India Company.
Describing the volatile relationship between European settlers and the indigenous Khoisan peoples in eighteenth-century southern Africa, this book exp...
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232,41 |
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Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750-1870: A Tragedy of Manners
ISBN: 9780521121255 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This compelling example of the new cultural history of South Africa is a subtle and wide-ranging study of status and respectability in the colonial Cape. Focusing on domestic relationships, gender, education, and religion, it analyzes values and modes of thinking current in different social strata, arguing that these cultural factors were related to high political developments. The result is a rich account of changes in social identity that accompanied the transition from Dutch to British overrule, and the development of white racism and ideologies of resistance to white domination.
This compelling example of the new cultural history of South Africa is a subtle and wide-ranging study of status and respectability in the colonial Ca...
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209,17 |