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Descripción hardcover. Condición: new. 1. On March 21 1960 a line of 150 white policemen fired 1344 rounds into a crowd of several thousand people assembled outside a police station protesting against the Apartheid regimes racist pass laws The gunfire left in its wake sixtyseven dead and one hundred and eighty six wounded Most of the people who were killed were shot in the back hit while running awayThe Sharpeville Massacre as the event has become known marked the start of armed resistance in South Africa and prompted worldwide condemnation of South Africas Apartheid policies In Sharpeville Tom Lodge explains how and why the Massacre occurred looking at the social and political background to the events of March 1960 as well as the longterm consequences of the shootings Lodge offers a gripping account of the Massacre itself as well as the wider events that accompanied the tragedy particularly the simultaneous protest in Cape Town which helped prolong the political crisis that developed in the wake of the shootings Just as important he sheds light on the long term consequences of these events He explores how the Sharpeville events affected the perceptions of black and white political leadership in South Africa as well as South Africas relationship with the rest of the world and he describes the development of an international AntiApartheid movement in the wake of the shootingsIn South Africa today March 21 is a public holiday Human Rights Day and for many people it remains a day of mourning and memorial This book illuminates this pivotal event in South African history. Nº de ref. del artículo: DADAX0192801856
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Descripción Condición: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.78. Nº de ref. del artículo: Q-0192801856