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Yours for the Union: Class and Community Struggles in South Africa
Baruch Hirson
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Description for Yours for the Union: Class and Community Struggles in South Africa
Paperback. A ground-breaking history of class struggle and the making of the black working class in South Africa. Series: African History Archive. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 black & white halftones, 1 biography, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 20. .
Yours for the Union stands as a landmark history of the making of the black working class in South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it covers the crucial period of 1930-47, when South Africa's rapid industrialisation led to the dramatic growth of the working class, and uncontrolled urbanisation resulted in vast shanty towns which became a focal point for resistance and protest. Importantly, Hirson was one of the first historians to go beyond the traditional focus on the mines and factory workplaces, broadening his account to include the lesser known community struggles of the urban ghettoes and ... Read more
Yours for the Union stands as a landmark history of the making of the black working class in South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it covers the crucial period of 1930-47, when South Africa's rapid industrialisation led to the dramatic growth of the working class, and uncontrolled urbanisation resulted in vast shanty towns which became a focal point for resistance and protest. Importantly, Hirson was one of the first historians to go beyond the traditional focus on the mines and factory workplaces, broadening his account to include the lesser known community struggles of the urban ghettoes and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
African History Archive
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783609840
SKU
V9781783609840
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About Baruch Hirson
Baruch Hirson (1921-1999) was a lifelong activist who spent nine-and-a-half years in South African prisons as a result of his opposition to the apartheid regime. Following his release in 1973 he left for England, where he lectured in history at several universities and produced eight finely written, passionately argued books on the history of the left in South Africa. These ... Read more
Reviews for Yours for the Union: Class and Community Struggles in South Africa
`A key theme in Baruch Hirson's work is the enthusiasm, courage and weakness of the workers . In his view, this courage and enthusiasm was squandered. ... South Africa's working-class communities are still paying the price ... and Baruch Hirson's tragic history is still their story.' Tom Lodge, from the Foreword