9%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The New Radicals. A Generational Memoir of the 1970s.
Glenn Moss
€ 18.99
€ 17.29
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The New Radicals. A Generational Memoir of the 1970s.
Paperback. By the end of the 1960s, opposition to apartheid was in disarray. Yet in the space of a few short years. major and radical challenges developed that would set the country on a new path. This lively and original book tells the story of a generation of activists who embraced new forms of opposition politics that would have profound consequences. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
By the end of the 1960s, opposition to apartheid was in disarray. Yet in the space of a few short years. major and radical challenges developed that would set the country on a new path. This lively and original book tells the story of a generation of activists who embraced new forms of opposition politics that would have profound consequences. In the process it rescues the early 1970s from previous neglect and shows just how crucial these years were in the struggle to transform society. It explores the influence of Black Consciousness, the new trade unionism, radicalisation of students on ... Read more
By the end of the 1960s, opposition to apartheid was in disarray. Yet in the space of a few short years. major and radical challenges developed that would set the country on a new path. This lively and original book tells the story of a generation of activists who embraced new forms of opposition politics that would have profound consequences. In the process it rescues the early 1970s from previous neglect and shows just how crucial these years were in the struggle to transform society. It explores the influence of Black Consciousness, the new trade unionism, radicalisation of students on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781431409716
SKU
V9781431409716
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Glenn Moss
Glenn Moss was a student leader at Wits University in the 1970s. Detained and charged under security legislation in the mid-1970s, he was acquitted after a year-long trial. He went on to edit Work In Progress and the South African Review, head Ravan Press, and then work as a consultant to South Africa's first post-apartheid government.
Reviews for The New Radicals. A Generational Memoir of the 1970s.
A much-needed and engrossing personal account of the embryonic student and black trade union movements of the early seventies, and how this younger generation of activists, both black and white, battled to wage struggle at a time when apartheid was at its height, and the liberation movements at their weakest. Through their actions, the radicalism of this generation defined a ... Read more