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Autore |
Kynoch Gary |
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Titolo |
We are fighting the world [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the Marashea gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999 / / Gary Kynoch |
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Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (218 p.) |
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Collana |
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New African histories series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gangs - South Africa - History |
Violence - South Africa - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Urban violence in South Africa -- The anatomy of the Marashea -- Making a living : survival in South Africa -- Urban battlegrounds -- Marashea on the mines : the expansion era -- Vigilantism, "political" violence, and the end of apartheid. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Since the late 1940's, a violent African criminal society known as the Marashea has operated in and around South Africa's gold mining areas. With thousands of members involved in drug smuggling, extortion, and kidnapping, the Marashea was more influential in the day-to-day lives of many black South Africans under apartheid than were agents of the state. These gangs remain active in South Africa. In We Are Fighting the World: A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999, Gary Kynoch points to the combination of coercive force and administrative weakness that characterized |
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