Elizabeth A. Eldredge

A South African Kingdom

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the Basotho and the transition from chiefdom to kingdom to British colony, first published in 2003.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9780521440677
• ISBN-10: 052144067X
• Artikelnr.: 29424798

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Settlement and trade patterns before 1830
3. Political consolidation and the rise of Moshoeshoe in the 1820s
4. The land of the Basotho: the geographic extent of Moshoeshoe's authority, 1824-64
5. The European intrusion and the competition for land, 1834-68
6. Food and politics: feasts and famines
7. The rise and decline of craft specialization
8. The allocation of labor, 1830-1910
9. The local exchange of goods and services, 1839-1910
10. Women, reproduction, and production
11. The Basotho and the rise of the regional European market, 1830-1910
12. The colonial imposition and the failure of the local economy, 1871-1910
13. Economy, politics, migrant labor and gender
14. In pursuit of security
Appendix
Note on oral sources.