Sharpeville : an apartheid massacre and its consequences / Tom Lodge.

Author/creator Lodge, Tom, 1951-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Descriptionxix, 423 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Contenthttp://scans.hebis.de/HEBCGI/show.pl?23250979_toc.pdf
Subjects

SeriesThe making of the modern world
Making of the modern world (Oxford University Press) ^A720387
Contents Voices from a massacre -- Pan-Africanist preparations -- The Sharpeville shootings -- The Cape Town marchers -- Aftermath: effects and consequences -- The anti-apartheid movement -- Sharpeville and memory.
Summary An account of the social and political background to the notorious Sharpeville Massacre of March 1960, which looks both at the sequence of events that prompted the shootings and also their long-term consequences for South African politics, both domestically and in the country's relationship with the rest of the world.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [391]-409) and index.
LCCN 2011929284
ISBN9780192801852 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0192801856 (acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks DT1941 .L64 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold