{"product_id":"from-protest-to-challenge-volume-6-9780253354228","title":"From Protest to Challenge Volume 6","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChronicles a tumultuous decade in the struggle for liberation in South Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn invaluable and matchless source of evidence for scholars analyzing South Africa's sociopolitical history.\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe overthrow of apartheid in South Africa permits an interpretive change in the thrust of African resistance politics by the editors and authors of this invaluable documentary history.\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn enduring resource for historians of South Africa, scholars interested in revolutionary thought and practice, and students concerned with the interplay between violent and nonviolent strategies for social change.\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eAfrica Today\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book that helps us forge a common national story.\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent \u003c\/i\u003e(Johannesburg) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn invaluable reference work, hard to equal.\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eAfrican Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe overthrow of apartheid in South Africa permits an interpretive change in the thrust of African resistance politics by the editors and authors of this invaluable documentary history.\u003c\/p\u003e * Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Protest to Challenge . . . gets us out of the false dichotomy of heroes\/villains and forces us to confront South Africa's history in its complex specificity. Given the contested present, it would be a shame were this its last volume.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Studies Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[This] book brings to a fitting close a scholarly project that spanned over four decades. Its rigorous commentary and careful selection of documents will continue to be useful sources for generations of historians and researchers to come.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn enduring resource for historians of South Africa, scholars interested in revolutionary thought and practice, and students concerned with the interplay between violent and nonviolent strategies for social change.\u003c\/p\u003e * Africa Today *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone who works in South African studies, in particular historians and scholars in politics, await with some eagerness the publication of new parts of the Protest to Challenge project initiated by Thomas G. Karis and Gwendolen M. Carter over 50 years ago. Continued by Karis together with Gail Gerhart, after Carter's death it has come to be regarded as an artisan would treat his\/her tools of the trade. . . The volume under review, produced by Gerhart with Glaser, maintains the exacting standards of previous ones . . . .65.1 2013\u003c\/p\u003e * South African Historical Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn invaluable and matchless source of evidence for scholars analyzing South Africa's sociopolitical history.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sixth and last volume in this series covers the most significant decade of South Africa's complex and difficult transition from apartheid to Nelson Mandela's emergence as the country's first African president. . . . The essays are informative and capture the essence of the era. . . . Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn invaluable reference work, hard to equal.\u003c\/p\u003e * African Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn balance, Gail Gerhart and Clive Glaser have provided a most welcome addition to the literature on modern South African political history. Even in a crowded market, this is an obligatory purchase for anybody seriously interested in the subject. Vol. 43, No. 3, 2010\u003c\/p\u003e * International Journal of African Historical Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book that helps us forge a common national story.\u003c\/p\u003e * Sunday Independent (Johannesburg) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[This] is a valuable source for those interested in South Africa and how Africans helped important changes to occur. 2011\u003c\/p\u003e * American Reference Books Annual *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenge and Victory [From Protest to Challenge, vol. 6] is a timely book offering a distinctive mix of insightful analysis and supporting primary documents, ensuring that it is a crucial read for anyone interested in the intriguing events of apartheid's demise.\u003c\/p\u003e * Political Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003ePart 1. Challenge and Victory, 1980–1990\u003cbr\u003e1. Reform and Repression in the Era of P. W. Botha\u003cbr\u003e2. Internal Opposition: The Battle Joined\u003cbr\u003e4. Exile and Underground Politics, 1980–1988\u003cbr\u003e5. Breaking the Deadlock, 1988–1990\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003ePart 2. Documents\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883923747159,"sku":"9780253354228","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253354228.jpg?v=1722529613","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-protest-to-challenge-volume-6-9780253354228","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}