Mandela : a critical life
Lodge, Tom, 1951-2006
Book
Summary: Offering insights about the shaping of Mandela's personality and public persona, from his childhood days and early activism, through his long years of imprisonment, to his presidency of the new South Africa, this book emphasises the crucial interplay between Mandela's public career and his personal or private world.Subject: Biography of Nelson Mandela which examines how he became an iconic figure internationally through his political activities in South Africa. It questions if and how Mandela deliberately created this mythic appeal in both his public career and private life.
Main title:
Mandela : a critical life / Tom Lodge.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Collation:
240 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0192805681
Dewey class:
968'.065'092PO.4.02LOD968.065092A968.065MAN
Local class:
PO.4.02/LOD
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
60629