The mirror at midnight, a South African journey, Adam Hochschild
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The mirror at midnight, a South African journey, Adam Hochschild
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The mirror at midnight
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Adam Hochschild
Sub title
a South African journey
Summary
History lies heavily on South Africa, and Adam Hochschild brings to bear a lifetime's familiarity with the country in an eye-opening work that blends history and reportage. Hochschild looks at the tensions of modern South Africa through a dramatic prism: the pivotal nineteenth-century Battle of Blood River -- which determined whether the Boers or the Zulus would control that part of the world -- and its contentious commemoration by rival groups 150 years later. This incisive book offers an unusual window onto a society that remains divided. In his epilogue, Hochschild extends his view to the astonishing political changes that have occurred in the country in recent years -- and the changes yet to be made
Target audience
adult
Classification
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- South Africa -- Description and travel
- South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1989-1994
- Hochschild, Adam -- Travel -- South Africa
- Electronic books
- South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994
- Afrikaners + Race identity
- South Africa -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Blood River, Battle of, South Africa, 1838 + Anniversaries, etc
Content
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject8
- South Africa -- Description and travel
- South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1989-1994
- Hochschild, Adam -- Travel -- South Africa
- Electronic books
- South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994
- Afrikaners + Race identity
- South Africa -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Blood River, Battle of, South Africa, 1838 + Anniversaries, etc
- Content1