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The Cold Choice. Pictures of a South African reality
by Robertson, Struan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0864861710
- ISBN 13
- 9780864861719
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: David Philip, 1991) 0864861710. 4to; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 123 + (iv); photographs; map. Boards very slightly rubbed; earlier owner's name on front free endpaper; occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "The Cold Choice is the record of four years' travelling with Operation Hunger teams around South Africa. The flip side of the glossy tourist-view of the country, this book shows South Africa as it is experienced by the majority of its people: a succession of tumbledown relocation camps and overcrowded townships with bad roads, no sewerage, minimal water reticulation and no street lighting. Yet, in this depressing squalor, Struan Robertson found something more rewarding than breathtaking tourist views. 'When I began this project I expected to record suffering and injustice. There was, indeed, plenty of both but what struck me most was the resilience of the human spirit. Even in the worst relocation camps such as Tentergate or Padstowe I found people who not only managed to survive but to find hope and meaning in their lives. I was humbled by them. They shamed my trivial discontents by their stoicism and humanity'. " .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8128
- Title
- The Cold Choice. Pictures of a South African reality
- Author
- Robertson, Struan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0864861710
- ISBN 13
- 9780864861719
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: David Philip, 1991) 0864861710
- Place of Publication
- South Africa
- This edition first published
- 1991-12
- Keywords
- Shantytowns. Squatter Camps. South Africa. Urbanisation. Photobooks. Apartheid Photography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.