The Moon is Dead! Give Us Our Money! (Social History of Africa) - Softcover

Atkins, Keletso

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435080784 ISBN 13: 9780435080785

Publisher: Heinemann, 1993

Synopsis

This book is a major contribution to the literature focusing on the formation of the South African working class, emphasizing African cultural practices and African resistance as a shaping force.

About this title

About the Author:

KELETSO ATKINS received her Ph.D. in African History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1986. She is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of History, University of Michigan. She has published "

Origins of the AmaWasha: The Zulu Washerman's Guild in Natal, 1850-1910,"

Journal of African History 27 (1986)

and "

Kafir Time': Preindustrial Temporal Concepts and Labour Discipline in Nineteenth Century Colonial Natal,"

Journal of African History 30 (1989). Her current research is on the early history of urban migrant workers in Natal, South Africa.

Review:

"Passionately and often persuasively argued, this book contributes a new, explicitly African-centered perspective to the already exciting historical literature on the creation of a South African working class . . . ."-Choice ?Passionately and often persuasively argued, this book contributes a new, explicitly African-centered perspective to the already exciting historical literature on the creation of a South African working class . . . .?-Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0435080784
• ISBN 13: 9780435080785
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190