The Road to Soweto by Julian Brown
A new history of the 1976 Soweto Uprising and the events leading to it in the preceding decade, that will transform our understanding of the historical evolution of the struggle against apartheid.
Julian Brown's analysis of the pre-history of the Soweto uprising seeks to break new ground* ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
Julian Brown's thoughtful book is chock-full of insights while still under 200 pages of text. Important in its own right, a study on student and mass protest in South Africa could not be timelier. On the fortieth anniversary of the legendary Uprising, yet again South Africa finds itself bitterly divided over a student protest movement exploding onto the scene. Brown's book deserves receives wide readership for these reasons and more. * SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL *
The strength of Brown's book is that it encapsulates the long build-up of unrest in the black community. He carefully describes the range of events that led to a growing sense of frustration and anger...Situating the uprising in this context is a powerful corrective to previous attempts to consider it in relative isolation. * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *
The Road to Soweto is an important, moving, and encouraging book, which revises our understanding of crucial decades of South African history, and puts forward an argument that both emerges from and explains that story. -- African Studies Quarterly
Julian Brown's thoughtful book is chock-full of insights while still under 200 pages of text. Important in its own right, a study on student and mass protest in South Africa could not be timelier. On the fortieth anniversary of the legendary Uprising, yet again South Africa finds itself bitterly divided over a student protest movement exploding onto the scene. Brown's book deserves receives wide readership for these reasons and more. * SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL *
The strength of Brown's book is that it encapsulates the long build-up of unrest in the black community. He carefully describes the range of events that led to a growing sense of frustration and anger...Situating the uprising in this context is a powerful corrective to previous attempts to consider it in relative isolation. * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *
The Road to Soweto is an important, moving, and encouraging book, which revises our understanding of crucial decades of South African history, and puts forward an argument that both emerges from and explains that story. -- African Studies Quarterly
JULIAN BROWN is Associate Professor of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand. He is author of The Road to Soweto: Resistance and the Uprising of 16 June 1976 (2016) and Marikana: A People's History (2022). He holds a Senior Visiting Research Fellowship at the Max Planck Center, Sciences Po, Paris.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847011411 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847011411 |
| Title | The Road to Soweto |
| Author | Julian Brown |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | James Currey |
| Year published | 2016-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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