Thabo Mbeki and the future of the South African dream /
First Statement of Responsibility
Mark Gevisser.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-365) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Thabo Mbeki and the South African Dream Deferred -- The Mbekis: "The Jews of Kaffirland" -- The Moeranes: Chekhov in the Transkei -- The New Africans -- Mbewuleni: "A Place of Seed" -- Family -- Queenstown: The African Springtime Orchestra -- Lovedale: "Africa's Best and Brightest" -- Fatherhood -- Johannesburg: Fringe Country -- Becoming a Communist: "An Honour Bestowed upon Me" -- Into Exile -- Sussex Man -- Favorite Son -- Swinging London: Old Left, New Left -- Moscow Man -- "Not Quite Home": Lusaka and Marriage -- Swaziland: Front Line -- Govan and Epainette -- The Disappearance of Jama Mbeki -- Nigeria: "The Real Africa" -- The National Interferer -- Party Man -- The Diplomat -- The Seducer -- Parallel Paths to Power -- Reunions -- Coming Home -- Sidelining -- Into Power -- Transition: The Battle Over the Economy -- The Arms Deal: South Africa's Poisoned Well -- Mandela and Mbeki: "One Good Native" -- Mbeki and AIDS: "Yes, We Are Diseased!" -- Mbeki and Zimbabwe: "Red-Telephone Diplomacy" -- Home -- Epilogue: Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, and the Future of the South African Dream.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A Legacy of Liberation is at once a rich social history of the black experience under apartheid--as seen through its leaders, movements and people-- and a brilliant expedition through the country's political and personal landscape, past, present and future.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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St Martins Pr, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy Us Hwy 15, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942, (212)6745151
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mbeki, Thabo-- Family.
Mbeki, Thabo-- Influence.
Mbeki, Thabo.
Mbeki, Thabo-- Family.
Mbeki, Thabo-- Influence.
Mbeki, Thabo, 1942-
Mbeki, Thabo,1942-
Mbeki, Thabo.
Mbeki, Thabo.
Mbeki, Thabo.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Blacks-- South Africa-- Social conditions.
Political leadership-- South Africa, Case studies.
Presidents-- South Africa, Biography.
Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY.
Blacks-- Social conditions.
Blacks-- South Africa-- Social conditions.
Chefs d'Etat.
Conditions sociales.
Families.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
POLITICAL HISTORY.
POLITICAL LEADERS.
Political leadership-- South Africa, Case studies.