{"product_id":"into-the-laager-afrikaners-living-on-the-edge-kajsa-norman-2016","title":"Into the Laager by Kajsa Norman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInto the Laager (Collectible Copy of a Study of Orania and Afrikaner Identity)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNarrative journalism on Afrikaners who withdrew from post-apartheid South Africa, from Blood River to Orania\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Into the Laager: Afrikaners Living on the Edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kajsa Norman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jonathan Ball Publishers, Johannesburg \u0026amp; Cape Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781868427369\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated card wrappers (trade paperback format), yellow spine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large softcover (trade paperback).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The illustrated card wrappers are solid and the spine, which is yellow, looks straight with no obvious creasing. There is a small crease or lifted fold at the top corner of the front cover. The page edge is slightly toned cream. The bottom corner of the back cover is sharp and clean, with a faint crease line.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The title page and copyright page are clean with no markings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInto the Laager: Afrikaners Living on the Edge, published by Jonathan Ball in 2016, is a work of narrative journalism about white Afrikaner communities who have withdrawn from post-apartheid South Africa, among them those who moved to the breakaway community of Orania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKajsa Norman moves between past and present. She follows the struggle for control of South Africa, its people and its history through a series of December 16ths, beginning with the Battle of Blood River in 1838. She traces the origins of present-day fears back to the years of nationalism and social engineering, and asks how people respond when their identity feels endangered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is a useful companion for readers of Afrikaner history and contemporary South African politics, offering an outsider's investigative perspective on a community that sees its culture as under threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Kajsa Norman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKajsa Norman is a London-based investigative journalist who focuses on dictatorships and conflict zones. Her career began in 2000 as editor-in-chief of the Mid Sweden University magazine, and her first book, on political prisoners in Cuba, was published in Sweden in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer English-language book Give Me Cholera: Forging a Future for Zimbabwe is a notable earlier work. Into the Laager first appeared in Sweden in 2015 as Bron över Blood River, with a foreword by Henning Mankell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInto the Laager Kajsa Norman · Orania book · Afrikaners living on the edge · Afrikaner identity after apartheid · Kajsa Norman Jonathan Ball 2016 · Battle of Blood River December 16th book · post-apartheid South Africa journalism\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Ball Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58753011286319,"sku":"TCB-000118","price":195.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/into-the-laager06143_cover_1.jpg?v=1793369594","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/into-the-laager-afrikaners-living-on-the-edge-kajsa-norman-2016","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}