Soviet Journey - A Critical Annotated Edition

Informationen zum Autor Christopher J. Lee is associate professor of history at Lafayette College. Klappentext A Soviet Journey by the South African activist and novelist Alex La Guma (1925-1985) is one of the longest and most substantive accounts of the USSR by an African writer. It is a rare and important document of the antiapartheid struggle and the cold war period. Zusammenfassung A Soviet Journey by the South African activist and novelist Alex La Guma (1925-1985) is one of the longest and most substantive accounts of the USSR by an African writer. It is a rare and important document of the antiapartheid struggle and the cold war period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o Preface by Blanche La Guma Acknowledgements A Note on Edits and Annotations Introduction: Anti-Imperial Eyes Prologue Chapter One: Flashbacks Chapter Two: The Footsteps of Alexander Chapter Three: The Big Sky Chapter Four: The Golden Road Chapter Five: A Giant of Great Promise Chapter Six: Harvest Home Epilogue

Product details

• Authors: Guma Alex La, Alex La Guma
• Assisted by: Christopher J Lee (Editor), Christopher J. Lee (Editor), Lee Christopher J. (Editor), Blanche La Guma (Foreword), La Guma Blanche (Foreword), Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781498536028
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3602-8
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Critical Africana Studies; Critical Africana Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), HISTORY / Africa / South / General, African History, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity