From Protest to Challenge, Volume 5: A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa, 1882a 1990: Nadir and Resurgence, 1964a 1979

The essays are meticulous and carefully documented accounts which maintain the standard of excellence set by the previous volumes, all of which belong in every library. --Choice

Based on extensive documentary archives collected by these researchers, and augmented by interviews with virtually all of the significant antiapartheid activists, this volume covers a formative period in the struggle against white minority rule, 1964-1979. --Africa Today

. . . a substantial achievement . . . a wonderful resource for future generations of scholars. --South African Historical Journal

Karis and Gerhart's fifth volume is an invaluable addition to their earlier documentary history of the national liberation struggle in South Africa, and includes a priceless collection of new primary historical sources. It ignites vivid flashes of memory . . . --from the Foreword by Nelson Mandela

Volume 5 of this magnificent historical record continues the indispensable study of the struggle for freedom and justice in South Africa. In addition to extensive background essays, it includes formal documents, underground and ephemeral materials, and statements written in exile or in Robben Island prison that have not previously been published.

Author: Thomas G. Karis, Gail M. Gerhart
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 02/22/1997
Pages: 840
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.87lbs
Size: 9.51h x 6.50w x 1.85d
ISBN: 9780253332318

About the Author

THOMAS G. KARIS is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the City College, City University of New York. GAIL M. GERHART is the author of Black Power in South Africa: Evolution of an Ideology. Currently based at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, she is engaged in the preparation of volumes 6 and 7 in this series.