The Mirror at Midnight - A South African Journey

Informationen zum Autor ADAM HOCHSCHILD is the author of eleven books. King Leopold's Ghost was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was To End All Wars. His Bury the Chains was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN USA Literary Award. He lives in Berkeley, California. Klappentext 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.

About the author

ADAM HOCHSCHILD is the author of eleven books. King Leopold’s Ghost was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was To End All Wars. His Bury the Chains was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN USA Literary Award. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Hochschild
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2007
• EAN: 9780618758258
• ISBN: 978-0-618-75825-8
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Republic of South Africa, Wildlife: general interest, Central Africa, West Africa, North Africa, Travel guides: adventure holidays, Travel and holiday, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, NATURE: Animals / Wildlife, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Adventure, NATURE: Animals / Mammals, TRAVEL: Africa / West, HISTORY: Africa / Central, HISTORY: Africa / North, NATURE: Animals / Birds, HISTORY: Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, HISTORY: Africa / West, TRAVEL: Africa / North / General