Fault Lines - Journeys into the New South Africa (Paperback, Revised Ed)

South Africa has experienced one of the world's most dramatic political transformations. David Goodman, a journalist and activist who has witnessed South Africa's struggles since the darkest days of apartheid, chronicles the historic transition from apartheid to democracy. This story is told through the lives of four pairs of South Africans who have experienced apartheid from opposite sides of the racial and political divide. Taken together, these profiles provide an in-depth look at the social dynamics of post-apartheid South Africa.;Part social history and part personal drama, "Fault Lines" is an account of what happens to real people when their country is reinvented around them. The struggle to reconcile past evils is captured in the stories of a former police assassin and his intended victim. The rise and fall of South African racism is portrayed through the lives of the late Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd - the notorious "architect of apartheid" - and his grandson, now a member of the ruling African National Congress. The battle to break out of poverty is detailed in the story of two black women: one an impoverished domestic worker and new city councillor, the other a Mercedes-d

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Perspectives on Southern Africa, 56
Release date:	April 2002
First published:	April 2002
Authors:	David Goodman
Photographers:	Paul Weinberg
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	428
Edition:	Revised Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-23203-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-520-23203-8
Barcode:	9780520232037

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