{"product_id":"respectability-and-resistance-a-history-of-sophiatown-9780325071008","title":"Respectability and Resistance: A History of Sophiatown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRespectability and Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e is the first major history of the black township of Sophiatown in western Johannesburg. Sophiatown, together with the neighboring townships of Newclare and Western Native Township, formed the center of black South African urban culture and politics in the 1940s and 1950s. Using a wealth of sources including oral history and much previously unknown archival material, Goodhew provides a detailed portrait of Sophiatown life. The widow turning to illegal liquor production to get her children a good education, the gang of miners who made common cause with the white police, the Communist Party's rather puritanical views on pleasure, and a nativity play satirizing state policy - these are just a few of the diverse strands of life that teemed through Sophiatown. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a social fabric always liable to fragment, the people of Sophiatown found a fragile unity through a culture of working class respectability. This, in turn, crucially fueled resistance to the state. Although respectability was undermined by state repression and popular militancy, it remains of significance. Goodhew's book joins the ranks of classic books on the working class in the tradition of E. P. Thompson. As such, \u003ci\u003eRespectability and Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to all labor and social historians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Goodhew, Goodhew David\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.08w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780325071008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Goodhew is an Anglican parish priest in York, England. He has studied at universities in Durham, Oxford, and Johannesburg. His research has centred on the history of modern South Africa and modern British Christianity. Goodhew has worked in diverse locations, including a nightshelter for the homeless and a Cambridge college.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40924514484339,"sku":"9.78033E+12","price":192.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fb883fbc-1599-46e6-9217-e3aa2bd1a866.jpg?v=1692192830","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/respectability-and-resistance-a-history-of-sophiatown-9780325071008","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}