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Baruch Hirson (1921–1999)

Author of Year of fire, year of ash : the Soweto revolt, roots of a revolution?

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Works by Baruch Hirson

Year of fire, year of ash : the Soweto revolt, roots of a revolution? (1979) 15 copies

Strike across the Empire: The seamen's strike of 1925 : in Britain, South Africa and Australasia (1992) 7 copies

Yours for the union : class and community struggles in South Africa, 1930-1947 (1990) 6 copies

Revolutions in My Life (1995) 6 copies

The Cape Town of Intellectuals: The Story of Ruth Schechter (2001) 5 copies

Reporting the Chinese Revolution - the letters of Rayna Prohme (2007) — Editor — 3 copies

Yours for the Union : class and community struggles in South Africa (2017) 2 copies

Delegate for Africa: David Ivon Jones, 1883-1924 (1995) 1 copy

Frank Glass. The Restless Revolutionary (2003) 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1921-12-10
Date of death: 1999-10-03
Gender: male
Nationality: South Africa
Places of residence: Johannesburg, South Africa
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Education: University of the Witwatersrand
Occupations: political organiser
university lecturer
Relationships: Hirson, Denis ( son)
Organizations: African Resistance Movement
Hashomer Hatzair

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Works: 9
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Rating: 4.0

ISBNs: 20

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