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The Road to Soweto - Resistance and the Uprising of 16 June 1976 (Paperback)
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A new history of the 1976 Soweto Uprising and the events leading to
it in the preceding decade, that will transform our understanding
of the historical evolution of the struggle against apartheid. This
revisionary account of the Soweto Uprising of June 1976 and the
decade preceding it transforms our understanding of what led to
this crucial flashpoint of South Africa's history. Brown argues
that far from there being "quiescence" following the Sharpeville
Massacre and the suppression of African opposition movements,
during which they went underground, this period was marked by
experiments in resistance and attempts to develop new forms of
politics that prepared the ground for the Uprising. Students at
South Africa's segregated universities began to re-organise
themselves as a political force; new ideas about race reinvigorated
political thought; debates around confrontation shaped the
development of new forms of protest. The protest then began to move
off university campuses and onto the streets: through the
independent actions of workers in Durban, and attempts by students
to link their struggles with a broader agenda. These actions made
protest public once again, and helped establish the patterns of
popular action and state response that would come to shape the
events in Soweto on 16 June 1976. Julian Brown is a Lecturer in the
Department of Political Studies at the University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Southern Africa (South Africa,
Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland & Botswana): Jacana 'throws new
light on the background to the Soweto Uprising, providing insight
into white and black student politics, worker protest and broader
dissent' - William Beinart, University of Oxford 'an extremely
important contribution to the historiography on protest in South
Africa. It links black and white student protests (too often
studied in isolation from one another) to workers' movements by
looking at the changing forms of protest during the 1960s and
1970s, and the apartheid government's changing responses.' - Anne
Heffernan, University of the Witwatersrand 'By showing how the
Soweto Uprising served as a precursor for later historical and
political events, the author convincingly shows the continuity from
one from one protest and decade to the next.' - Dawne Curry,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Imprint: |
James Currey
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Julian Brown
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
216 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84701-348-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-84701-348-1 |
Barcode: |
9781847013484 |
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