{"product_id":"the-guardian-james-zug-9780870138102","title":"The Guardian: The History of South Africa's Extraordinary Anti-Apartheid Newspaper","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating history of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, South Africa's famous anti-apartheid newspaper, James Zug tells the story of a political publication that not only reported events but also helped to shape them. Between 1937 and 1963, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e was the sole voice of dissent in the South African media, and Zug shows us how it played an essential rolein the struggle to end apartheid. \u003cbr\u003e Combining a scholar's attention to facts with a journalist's sense of the dramatic, Zug recreates a tumultuous and dangerous era. The newspaper's telephones were tapped, articles were censored, and staff members were jailed and deported. The apartheid regime banned the paper three times, charged it with high treason, and could only silence it completely, in 1963, by placing the entire staff under house arrest. As Zug explains, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e persisted through the harassment and torment because the paper's staff knew the significance of their work: \"We not only record the struggle for freedom, we are actively participating in it.\" When wages were kept low, when workers went on strikes, and when fascism reared its head in South Africa, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e spoke up. At its height, the paper sold more than 50,000 copies a week nationally, with four bureaus across the country. \u003cbr\u003e As Nelson Mandela, head of the African National Congress (ANC), led the movement to end apartheid, he issued messages through the paper. Perhaps the newspaper's most significant accomplishment, Zug writes, was uniting the ANC and the South African Communist Party. The \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e translated Marxism into an African idiom for the ANC, bringing together the two factions that propelled the liberation struggle into a mass movement.\u003cbr\u003e This highly readable work is more than a perceptive look at an influential paper. It is a testament to the power of the printed word in ending injustice and changing the course of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Zug\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0870138103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870138102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michigan State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.32w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Bronze Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 248","brand":"James Zug","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441374179583,"sku":"9780870138102","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01686d8e-ec18-4cc8-b598-2b39d8ec8ee3.jpg?v=1777190481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-guardian-james-zug-9780870138102","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}