{"product_id":"we-are-fighting-the-world-gary-kynoch-9780821416167","title":"We Are Fighting the World: A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the late 1940s, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWe Are Fighting the World: A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999\u003c\/i\u003e, Gary Kynoch points to the combination of coercive force and administrative weakness that characterized the apartheid state. As long as crime and violence were contained within black townships and did not threaten adjacent white areas, township residents were largely left to fend for themselves. The Marashea's ability to prosper during the apartheid era and its involvement in political conflict led directly to the violent crime epidemic that today plagues South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHighly readable and solidly researched, \u003ci\u003eWe Are Fighting the World\u003c\/i\u003e is critical to an understanding of South African society, past and present. This pioneering study challenges previous social history research on resistance, ethnicity, urban spaces, and gender in South Africa. Kynoch's interviews with many current and former gang members give \u003ci\u003eWe Are Fighting the World\u003c\/i\u003e an energy and a realism that are unparalleled in any other published work on gang violence in southern Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Kynoch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821416162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821416167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.46w x 0.54d","brand":"Gary Kynoch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120348623103,"sku":"9780821416167","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06874275-964f-4cf4-ac7d-6508f920a3fe.jpg?v=1687413841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-are-fighting-the-world-gary-kynoch-9780821416167","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}