The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, Van Onselen Charles

Автор: Van Onselen, Charles
Название: Showdown at the red lion
ISBN: 186842622X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781868426225
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Описание: Johannesburg was -- and is -- the Frontier of Money. Within months of its founding, the mining camp was host to organised crime: the African "Regiment of the Hills" and "Irish Brigade" bandits. Bars, brothels, boarding houses and hotels oozed testosterone and violence, and the use of fists and guns was commonplace. Beyond the chaos were clear signs of another struggle, one to maintain control, honour and order within the emerging male and mining dominated culture. In the underworld, the dictum of "honour among thieves", as well as a hatred of informers, testified to attempts at self-regulation. A "real man" did not take advantage of an opponent by employing underhand tactics. It had to be a "fair fight" if a man was to be respected. This was the world that "One-armed Jack" McLoughlin -- brigand, soldier, sailor, mercenary, burglar, highwayman and safe-cracker -- entered in the early 1890s to become Johannesburgs most infamous "Irish" anti-hero and social bandit. McLoughlins infatuation with George Stevenson prompted him to recruit the young Englishman into his gang of safe-crackers but "Stevo" was a man with a past and primed for personal and professional betrayal. It was a deadly mixture. Honour could only be retrieved through a Showdown at the Red Lion.

Автор: Van Onselen, Charles
Название: The cowboy capitalist: john hays hammond
ISBN: 1868427382 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781868427383
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Автор: Gareth van Onselen
Название: Clever Blacks, Jesus & Nkandla: The Real Jacob Zuma in His Own Words
ISBN: 1868426181 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781868426188
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Описание: President Jacob Zuma is a demagogue dressed up in democratic clothing. In his public speeches and statements, particularly those unscripted remarks made on the stump, his true self is often revealed. Populism and African tradition, religious belief and cultural practice are the authentic impulses that define his worldview. When his informal personal convictions occasionally slip into his formal political rhetoric the result is intense public outrage and debate; for these two worlds often serve as a useful metaphor for South Africa more broadly -- a country where first world aspirations regularly clash with third world realities. Zuma is the catalyst that forces those worlds to react. As a result, on a range of different subjects, from the ANC ruling until Jesus returns, to blacks who have become too clever, Zumas remarks have proved to be the touchstone for much public discussion. This book documents Zumas more controversial statements. Collected along a series of 12 themes that define both his political career and personal beliefs, the book sets out some 150 of Zumas most notorious quotes. It aims to serve both as an easy guide to Zumas personal philosophy and reference point for some of the most notorious debates to have defined his political career and South Africa in turn.