Edward Roux (1903–1966)
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Time longer than rope; a history of the black man's struggle for freedom in South Africa (1966) 27 eksemplarer
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- Fødselsdato
- 1903
- Dødsdag
- 1966
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- South Africa
- Fødested
- Transvaal Province, South Africa
- Dødssted
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Bopæl
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Uddannelse
- University of the Witwatersrand (B.Sc.(Hons.) | botany, 1926)
Cambridge University (Ph.D. | botany, 1929) - Erhverv
- botanist
- Organisationer
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Order of Ikhamanga, Silver (posthumous) (South Africa)
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Time Longer than Rope: A History of the Black Man's… af Edward Roux
Roux, a botanist by profession and training, wrote one of the best history books I have ever read. He systematically demonstrates, with excellent use of primary sources, the English colonial genesis of Aparteid. Most blame the Dutch descended Boers for the worst of South Africa's recent history. But Roux shows how the English created the institutions and the bureaucracy to impose Aparteid rule. It was also the first history book to show the non-white protest movements in full detail and the non-white people not as simple "victims" of oppression but intelligent and organized.… (mere)
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- 5
- Medlemmer
- 37
- Popularitet
- #390,572
- Vurdering
- 4.5
- Anmeldelser
- 1
- ISBN
- 5