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Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history

Going for Gold - Men, Mines and Migration (Hardcover): T Dunbar Moodie, Vivienne Ndatshe Going for Gold - Men, Mines and Migration (Hardcover)
T Dunbar Moodie, Vivienne Ndatshe
R1,981 R1,597 Discovery Miles 15 970 Save R384 (19%) Out of stock

This text tells the story of the lives of migrant black African men who work in the South African gold mines, recounted from their own point of view and, as much as possible, in their own words. Dunbar Moodie examines the operation of local power structures and resistances, changes in production techniques, the limits and successes of unionization, and the nature of ethnic conflicts at different periods and on different terrains of struggle. He treats his subject thematically and historically, examining how notions of integrity, manhood, sexuality, work, power, solidarity, and violence have all changed over time, especially with the shift to a proletarianized work-force on the mines in the 1970s.;Moodie integrates analyses of individual life-strategies with theories of social change, illuminating the ways in which these play off each other in historically significant ways. He shows how human beings (in this case, African men) build integrity and construct their own social order, even in situations of apparent total repression.

Witnesses to the Holocaust - An Oral History (Paperback): Rhoda G. Lewin Witnesses to the Holocaust - An Oral History (Paperback)
Rhoda G. Lewin
R1,149 Discovery Miles 11 490 Out of stock

The spoken word is an invaluable asset which strengthens human experience of the past and adds vigor to the documentation of historical accounts. This series presents major events in American history through the rich personal testimonies of those who were there.

Each volume includes:

-- A preface illuminating historical background and research details

-- A collection of oral testimonies selected from a range of rare and hard-to-find sources

-- A concluding analytical chapter

-- Notes, bibliography and an index

-- Illustrations

Theory and processes of history (Paperback, 2nd ed): Frederick John Teggart Theory and processes of history (Paperback, 2nd ed)
Frederick John Teggart
R375 Discovery Miles 3 750 Out of stock
An Accidental History Of Tudor England - From Daily Life To Sudden Death (Paperback): Steven Gunn, Tomasz Gromelski An Accidental History Of Tudor England - From Daily Life To Sudden Death (Paperback)
Steven Gunn, Tomasz Gromelski
R470 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R105 (22%) Pre-order

A tour of Tudor England through the coroner's reports of ordinary people's various grizzly fatal accidents. A Horrible History for adults by leading Oxford historians.

How did ordinary people live in Tudor England? This unique history unearths the ways they died to find out.

Uncovering thousands of coroners' reports, An Accidental History of Tudor England explores the history of everyday life, and everyday death, in a world far from the intrigues of Hampton Court Palace, Shakespeare's plots and the Spanish Armada. Here, farming, building and travel were dangerous. Fruit trees killed more people than guns, and sheep killed about the same number as coalmines. Men stabbed themselves playing football and women drowned in hundreds fetching water. Going to church had its dangers, especially when it came to bell-ringing, archery practice was perilous and haystacks claimed numerous victims. Restless animals roamed the roads which contained some potholes so deep men could drown, and drown they did.

From bear attacks in north Oxford to a bowls-on-ice-incident on the Thames, this book uses a remarkable trove of sources and stories to put common folk back into the big picture of Tudor England, bringing the reality of their world to life as never before.

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