Nelson Mandela (pocket GIANTS) - Softcover

Bundy, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750959207 ISBN 13: 9780750959209

Verlag: The History Press, 2015

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Reseña del editor:

`Colin Bundy has given us an incredible insight into the person of Mandela. What a man and what a gift Madiba was to the world.' - Desmond Tutu Nelson Mandela's place in history is secure: he was one of the best known prisoners in the world even before his election as the first president of post-apartheid South Africa; secondly, he became a global icon, an elder statesman, with a degree of moral authority matched by very few. Coming to terms with a dizzying sequence of roles, this biography explores Mandela's various identities - dashing young urbanite, charismatic nationalist politician, underground military commander and Black Pimpernel, tried, convicted, and a political prisoner for 27 years; on his release president of a democratic South Africa - and assesses these independently of his iconic, nigh-mythic status. This book revisits the well-known contours of Mandela's career, but resists hagiography: it outlines what he achieved, but also identifies aspects of his personality and politics that are far less familiar.

Biografía del autor:

Colin Bundy is a historian, and is best known fo"r The Rise & Fall of a South African Peasantry."

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• Verlag: The History Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0750959207
• ISBN 13: 9780750959209
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128