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Paperback. On 8 January 2012, the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, the oldest African nationalist organisation on the continent, celebrated its one hundredth anniversary. Editor(s): Lissoni, Arianna; Soske, Jon; Erlank, Natasha; Nieftagodien, Noor; Badsha, Omar. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTR; JPHV; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 686.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145737
- ISBN
- 9781868145737
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€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. Fight for Democracy is a penetrating and critical scrutiny of the ANC's treatment of the print media since the inception of democracy in 1994. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFD; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 365.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145683
- ISBN
- 9781868145683
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DD; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145607
- ISBN
- 9781868145607
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€ 20.99€ 20.79
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Paperback. Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 620.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145447
- ISBN
- 9781868145447
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€ 37.99€ 34.03
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Paperback. In the twenty years of transitional and democratic politics in South Africa, Susan Booysen constantly traversed two worlds, as direct observer and analyst-researcher. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 240 x 30. Weight in Grams: 924.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145423
- ISBN
- 9781868145423
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€ 37.99€ 34.03
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Paperback. Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) is the most influential sociologist of our time. His works take in education, culture, sport, literature, painting, class, philosophy, religion, law, media, intellectuals, methodology, photography, universities, colonialism, kinship, schooling and politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145409
- ISBN
- 9781868145409
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€ 37.99€ 34.03
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Paperback. South Africa's future is increasingly tied up with that of India. While trade and investment between the two countries is intensifying, they share long-standing historical ties and have much in common: apart from cricket, colonialism and Gandhi, both countries are important players in the global South. Editor(s): Hofmeyr, Isabel; Williams, Michelle. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; HBJ; JPS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145386
- ISBN
- 9781868145386
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€ 37.99€ 34.03
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Paperback. Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity? And why should these processes take place in the public domain? Editor(s): Mangcu, Xolela. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130. Weight in Grams: 200.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145324
- ISBN
- 9781868145324
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. While there are many studies of the global influence of crops and plants, this is perhaps the first social history based around a plant in South Africa. Plants are not quite historical actors in their own right, but their properties and potential help to shape human history. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145300
- ISBN
- 9781868145300
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€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. Focuses on a talented, brave, but tiny minority of whites - liberals, radicals, communists, Trotskyists, humanists, Christians, idealists - who rejected the growing racism of post-war South Africa and worked to breach the dividing line between black and white. Num Pages: 240 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145003
- ISBN
- 9781868145003
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€ 37.99€ 34.03
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Paperback. Explores the images of Africa and Africans that evolved in ancient Egypt, in classical Greece and imperial Rome, in the early Mediterranean world, and in the early domains of Christianity. This book provides a survey of the special place that Aksumite Ethiopia has held in European and African conceptual worlds as the site of 'worthy Ethiopia'. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrated in full colour. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 930.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144990
- ISBN
- 9781868144990
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€ 37.99€ 34.03
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Paperback. Drawing on interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, this title provides a perspective of motherhood from the mother's point of view. It explores the situation in which two very powerful identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, collide in the same moment. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144945
- ISBN
- 9781868144945
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Security and Democracy in Southern Africa (Wits P&DM Governance)
Gavin Cawthra, Andre Du Pisani, Abillah H. Om...
Paperback. Southern Africa has embarked on one of the world's ambitious security co-operation initiatives. This book examines the triangular relationship between democratisation, the character of democracy and its deficits, and national security practices and perceptions of eleven southern African states. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144532
- ISBN
- 9781868144532
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Condition: New
€ 39.18
€ 39.18
Paperback. Part of a series of short books on South Africa's World Heritage Sites, this guide to Sterkfontein provides an overview of the geological and fossil history of the Sterkfontein Valley. It also presents the remarkable record contained in the Sterkfontein Caves, comprising thousands of animal, plant and hominid fossils. Editor(s): Esterhuysen, Amanda. Series: Second in Heritage Site Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HDD; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 154.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144211
- ISBN
- 9781868144211
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Condition: New
€ 42.72
€ 42.72
Paperback. Was the "mfecane" a figment of historians' imagination? How large a responsibility do Shaka and the Zulu people bear for the social turbulence in South-central and South-east Africa in the early decades of the 19th century? These are some of the issues explored in this collection. Editor(s): Hamilton, Carolyn. Num Pages: 12 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBAH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868142521
- ISBN
- 9781868142521
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.45
€ 42.99
€ 38.45
Hardcover. Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed.. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther; Watson, Elizabeth E. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 maps, 13 figs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1HFG; GTJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502. Sudan, Uganda, and the Ethiopia-Sudan Borderlands. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. 304 pages, 5 maps, 13 figs, 2 tables. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther; Watson, Elizabeth E. Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1HFG; GTJ; JHM. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight: 502.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456047
- ISBN
- 9781845456047
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Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
Hardcover. Bringing together key historical and innovative ethnographic materials on the peoples of the South-West Province of Cameroon and the Nigerian borderlands, this volume presents critical and analytical approaches to the production of ethnic, political, religious, and gendered identities in the region. Editor(s): Fowler, Ian; Fanso, Verkijika G. Series: Cameroon Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; HBJH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453367
- ISBN
- 9781845453367
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Condition: New
€ 155.80
€ 155.80
Hardcover. Divided into 3 parts, this book documents the development and implementation of refugee policy in South Africa. It addresses issues on detention, children and health, and welfare policy for refugees. It aims to represent the tangible shifts and concerns of a process aimed at establishing policies, legislation and practice concerning refugees. Editor(s): Handmaker, Jeff; De la Hunt, Lee Anne; Klaaren, Jonathan. Series: Human Rights in Context. Num Pages: 16 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFD; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451097
- ISBN
- 9781845451097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.82
€ 166.82
Hardcover. Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this study of identity, religion, and multiculturalism. This book focuses on the phenomenon of spirit possession in Zanzibar Town and the relationships created between humans and spirits; it provides a way to apprehend how society.. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFG; AFKP; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450557
- ISBN
- 9781845450557
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Condition: New
€ 154.42
€ 154.42
Paperback.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Signed
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845232085
- ISBN
- 9781845232085
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.50
€ 18.99
€ 16.50