Liquor and labor in Southern Africa
By: edited by Jonathan Crush and Charles Ambler.
Contributors: Crush, J. S.; Ambler, Charles H.
Publisher: Ohio University Press; University of Natal Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Athens; Pietermaritzburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- South Africa -- History.; Working class -- South Africa -- History.
Description: When the youth of Soweto, in open insurrection in June 1976, smashed and burned eighteen state-owned liquor outlets and a similar number of bottle stores, they were not following the pattern of alcohol looting which often accompanies rioting. They were attacking symbols of state oppression and their anger stemmed partly from deep and complicated struggles over control of the access of blacks to alcohol in South Africa. From many published sources, official and unofficial, the social and economic importance of alcohol in black communities is glaringly evident. The subject has, however, received little systematic, scholarly attention to date. Liquor and labor in southern Africa breaks new ground in locating the study of alcohol use within the framework of southern African historiography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.