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Ekurhuleni: The Making of an Urban Region
ISBN: 9781868145430 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Ekurhuleni: The Making of an Urban Region" is the first academic work to provide an historical account and explanation of the development of this extended region to the east of Johannesburg since its origins at the end of the 19th century. From the time of the discovery of gold and coal until the turn of the 21st century, the region comprised a number of distinctive towns, all with their own histories. In 2000, these towns were amalgamated into a single metropolitan area, but, unlike its counterparts across the country, it does not cohere around a single identity. Drawing on a significant...
"Ekurhuleni: The Making of an Urban Region" is the first academic work to provide an historical account and explanation of the development of this ext...
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153,12 zł |
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The Idea of the ANC
ISBN: 9780821420539 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The African National Congress (ANC) is Africa's most famous liberation movement. It has recently celebrated its centenary, a milestone that has prompted partisans to detail a century of unparalleled achievement in the struggle against colonialism and racial discrimination. Critics paint a less flattering portrait of the historical ANC as a communist puppet, a moribund dinosaur, or an elitist political parasite. For such skeptics, the ANC -- now in government for two decades -- has betrayed South Africans rather than liberating them. South Africans endure deep inequality and unemployment,...
The African National Congress (ANC) is Africa's most famous liberation movement. It has recently celebrated its centenary, a milestone that has prompt...
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62,31 zł |
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A History of South Africa
ISBN: 9780006384212 / Angielski / Miękka / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As it moves uncertainly towards the implementation of a more democratic society, South Africa - as so often in the past - is the focus of worldwide attention. Despite the optimism which followed the dismantling of the apartheid system and the election as president of Nelson Mandela, the country's history, racial mix and rapid recent political changes may yet foreshadow a turbulent future.
As it moves uncertainly towards the implementation of a more democratic society, South Africa - as so often in the past - is the focus of worldwide at...
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96,92 zł |
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Country Of My Skull
ISBN: 9780099289791 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Krog captures the complexity of South Africa's Truth and Reconcilliation Commission in a personal narrative, taking the reader beneath the big movements of the Truth Commission and beyond, into the heart of what it means to be a South African today. Originally published by Jonathan Cape.
Krog captures the complexity of South Africa's Truth and Reconcilliation Commission in a personal narrative, taking the reader beneath the big movemen...
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66,30 zł |
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After Mandela : The Battle for the Soul of South Africa
ISBN: 9780099534020 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The journey from Mandela to Zuma is a political and moral epic, populated with extraordinary characters, and with the fate of South Africa at its core. In this researched account, award-winning journalist Alec Russell draws on his deep knowledge of South Africa and his relationships with its most important figures.
The journey from Mandela to Zuma is a political and moral epic, populated with extraordinary characters, and with the fate of South Africa at its core...
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87,48 zł |
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Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879
ISBN: 9780141015699 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Anglo-Zulu war was one of deception, dishonour, incompetence and dereliction of duty by Lord Chelmsford who invaded Zululand without the knowledge of the British Government. This title looks at the most controversial and brutal British imperial conflict of the nineteenth century.
The Anglo-Zulu war was one of deception, dishonour, incompetence and dereliction of duty by Lord Chelmsford who invaded Zululand without the knowledge...
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66,30 zł |
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Twentieth-Century South Africa
ISBN: 9780192893185 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An innovative examination of the forces--both destructive and dynamic--which have shaped South Africa, this book provides a stimulating introduction to the history of the nation in the twentieth century. It draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing and weaves economic and cultural history into the political narrative.
An innovative examination of the forces--both destructive and dynamic--which have shaped South Africa, this book provides a stimulating introduction t...
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102,02 zł |
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Saving Nelson Mandela: The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa
ISBN: 9780199740222 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The question was: would he hang?
In 1963, when South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow, most observers feared that he would be sentenced to death. But the support he and his fellow activists in the African National Congress received during his trial not only saved his life, but also enabled him to save his country. In Saving Nelson Mandela, South African law expert Kenneth S. Broun recreates the trial, called the "Rivonia" Trial after the Johannesburg suburb where police seized Mandela. Based upon interviews with many of the case's... The question was: would he hang?
In 1963, when South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow, most observ... |
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112,11 zł |
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A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream
ISBN: 9780230619999 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this gripping social history of South Africa, award-winning journalist Mark Gevisser follows the family of former South African President Thabo Mbeki to make sense of his legacy and understand the future of the country under new President Jacob Zuma. With unparalleled access to Mbeki and Zuma, as well as other key players in the ANC, Gevisser presents an intimate yet accessible account of South Africa's past, present and future. With his stunning account of the Mbeki family's history as a backdrop, Gevisser fleshes out a monumental period in world history that will continue to shape... In this gripping social history of South Africa, award-winning journalist Mark Gevisser follows the family of former South African President Thabo ... |
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121,97 zł |
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I Write What I Like
ISBN: 9780435905989 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On 12th September 1977, Steve Biko was murdered in his prison cell. He was only 31, but his vision and charisma - captured in this collection of his work - had already transformed the agenda of South African politics. This book covers the basic philosophy of black consciousness, Bantustans, African culture, the institutional church and Western involvement in apartheid.
On 12th September 1977, Steve Biko was murdered in his prison cell. He was only 31, but his vision and charisma - captured in this collection of his w...
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70,77 zł |
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South Africa 1948-1994
ISBN: 9780521576789 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A range of textbooks covering many of the options available on GCSE history specifications. This book focuses on the struggle by the black majority for political and social freedom in South Africa. Beginning with an account of the origins of racism, segregation and republicanism before 1948, it concentrates on the history of South Africa following the establishment of the apartheid regime. Topics include apartheid in practice, the Sharpeville massacre, the end of apartheid and Nelson Mandela as president. This illustrated text is based around lead questions and activities. It provides...
A range of textbooks covering many of the options available on GCSE history specifications. This book focuses on the struggle by the black majority fo...
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87,54 zł |
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A Concise History of South Africa
ISBN: 9780521720267 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lays emphasis on the continuing influence of the country's African heritage whilst also chronicling the processes of colonial conquest and of economic development stemming from the industrial revolution. This is followed by an analysis of the fundamental political changes South Africa has undergone, and a background for understanding those many things which have not changed.
Lays emphasis on the continuing influence of the country's African heritage whilst also chronicling the processes of colonial conquest and of economic...
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130,68 zł |
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Ending Apartheid
ISBN: 9780582505988 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The release of Nelson Mandela from twenty-seven years imprisonment in 1990 and the free elections which followed four years later were among the most dramatic events of the twentieth century. David Welsh and J. E. Spence here examine the complex forces which lay behind that drama. They chart the rise and decline of apartheid ideology in South Africa, the internal insurrection and increased international isolation which characterised the 1980s and the political roller-coaster ride of the period after 1990 as constitutional negotiations got underway. Based on extensive interviews with... The release of Nelson Mandela from twenty-seven years imprisonment in 1990 and the free elections which followed four years later were among the mo... |
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249,41 zł |
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After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa
ISBN: 9780871404787 / Angielski / Twarda / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A brutally honest expose, After Mandela provides a sobering portrait of a country caught between a democratic future and a political meltdown. Recent works have focused primarily on Nelson Mandela s transcendent story. But Douglas Foster, a leading South Africa authority with early, unprecedented access to President Zuma and to the next generation in the Mandela family, traces the nation s entire post-apartheid arc, from its celebrated beginnings under Madiba to Thabo Mbeki s tumultuous rule to the ferocious battle between Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. Foster tells this story not only from the point...
A brutally honest expose, After Mandela provides a sobering portrait of a country caught between a democratic future and a political meltdown. Recent ...
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153,12 zł |
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Slave Emancipation and Racial Attitudes in Nineteenth-Century South Africa
ISBN: 9781107022003 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the social transformation wrought by the abolition of slavery in 1834 in South Africa's Cape Colony. It pays particular attention to the effects of socioeconomic and cultural changes in the way both freed slaves and dominant whites adjusted to the new world. It compares South Africa's relatively peaceful transition from a slave- to a non-slave society to the bloody experience of the U.S. South after abolition, analyzing rape hysteria in both places as well as the significance of changing concepts of honor in the Cape. Finally, the book examines the early development of...
This book examines the social transformation wrought by the abolition of slavery in 1834 in South Africa's Cape Colony. It pays particular attention t...
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449,41 zł |
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Apartheid on a Black Isle: Removal and Resistance in Alexandra, South Africa
ISBN: 9781137023094 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this single square mile hemmed in by White areas, residents engaged in what is arguably the most multi-faceted, inventive, and versatile strategy of resistance during the 1970s. Apartheid on a Black Isle brings to the fore the definitive but underappreciated role that Alexandra played in advancing human rights. Using their manufactured space, Alexandrans revolutionized the South African freedom struggle by fertilizing the underground movement, by joining in solidarity with Soweto during the student uprising and by finding unique ways to grieve. This book explores and introduces ordinary...
In this single square mile hemmed in by White areas, residents engaged in what is arguably the most multi-faceted, inventive, and versatile strategy o...
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385,52 zł |
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Race, Memory and the Apartheid Archive: Towards a Transformative Psychosocial Praxis
ISBN: 9781137263896 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Race, Memory and the Apartheid Archive: Towards a Transformative Psychosocial Praxis draws on a psychosocial approach that is uniquely suited to the socio-historical and psychical analysis of racism. The book relies mainly on the memories, stories and narratives of ordinary people living in apartheid South Africa.
Race, Memory and the Apartheid Archive: Towards a Transformative Psychosocial Praxis draws on a psychosocial approach that is uniquely suited to the s...
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192,74 zł |
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South Africa and the World Economy: Remaking Race, State, and Region
ISBN: 9781580464314 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Once an international pariah, South Africa has emerged as a respected and influential African state, projecting its economic and political power across the continent. South Africa and the World Economy: Remaking Race, State, and Region chronicles the volatile history of this resurgence, from the nation's rise as an industrialized, white state and subsequent decline as a newly underdeveloped country to its current standing as a leading member of the Global South. Departing from much of the latest scholarship, which examines South Africa as a discrete national case, this volume places the...
Once an international pariah, South Africa has emerged as a respected and influential African state, projecting its economic and political power acros...
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415,76 zł |
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Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform
ISBN: 9781780321486 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A landmark work on a subject of considerable controversy.Providing new, in-depth empirical research, based on a broader geographical scope than any previous study carried out on the Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform, this book examines how processes such as land acquisition, allocation, transitional production outcomes, social life, gender, and tenure, have influenced and been influenced by the forces driving the program. It also explores the ways in which the land-reform program has created a new agrarian structure based on small- to medium-scale farmers. In attempting to resolve the... A landmark work on a subject of considerable controversy.Providing new, in-depth empirical research, based on a broader geographical scope than any... |
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140,27 zł |
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Tourism in the New South Africa: Social Responsibility and the Tourist Experience
ISBN: 9781860647949 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new socially responsible tourism has recently emerged out of a concern for the environment; huge claims are made for this new model of tourism development. The authors discuss these claims and explore the experience of three tourist areas in South Africa.
A new socially responsible tourism has recently emerged out of a concern for the environment; huge claims are made for this new model of tourism devel...
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129,87 zł |
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