Souvenir of the Passive Resistance Movement in South Africa 1906 - 1914 [Limited Edition #89/500]

Souvenir of the Passive Resistance Movement in South Africa 1906 - 1914 [Limited Edition #89/500]

Title: Souvenir of the Passive Resistance Movement in South Africa 1906-1914.
Publisher: African Book Collectors
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Soft cover
ISBN 10: 0620151013 / ISBN 13: 9780620151016
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket.
Edition: Facsimile edition.

Language(s):     English ; Gujarati ; Tamil
Published:     Published by African Book Collectors, 1990 (Phoenix, Natal : Indian Opinion, 1914.)
Subjects:     Passive resistance.
South Africa > Race relations.
South Africa > Politics and government.
Note:     Text partly in English, Gujrati and Tamil.

Limited Edition No. 89 of 500 of this very rare publication b/w illustrations pictorial card covers.
The settlement' born of the Passive Resistance Movement initiated by the Indian leader, Mr. Gandhi, and brought to a head by the unparalleled event in the life of the Indian community in South Africa, which assumed the form of a huge strike demonstration by thousands of Indian, laborer's and others (these have now become matters of history) and, incidentally, to consider an aspect or two of the future of colonial-born Indian. It is but fair to preface the introspection with the qualification that whilst Mr. Gandhi has declared 'the settlement' to constitute the "Magna Charta" of the Indians in South Africa, he has been careful to add that it would give the Indians a breathing-space of time, thereby leaving it to be inferred that, as the Magna Charta signed by King John at Runnymead was but beginning of what today are the liberties, privileges, and responsibilities of the Briton, so from the endeavours of the Indian community following upon 'the settlement', [called] the Magna Charta of South African Indians by Mr. Gandhi, must come the eventual complete recognition of the Indian in the life of the state here.

Condition:  The book is in excellent condition.