Norman Etherington

The Great Treks

The Transformation of Southern Africa 1815-1854

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Produktbeschreibung

The mass migration of the Boer farmers from Cape Colony to escape British domination in 1835-36 - the Great Trek - has always been a potent icon of Afrikaaner nationalism and identity. For African nationalists, the Mfecane - the vast movement of the Black populations in the interior following the emergence of a new Zulu kingdom as a major military force in the early 19th century - offers an equally powerful symbol of the making of a nation. These two stories became part of divided South Africa's separate mythologies, treated as unconnected events taking place in separate universes. The end of Apartheid and the beginning of democracy in South Africa demands a new kind of history. Few present day historians believe the old assertion that the 'Great Trek' is the central event of South African history. This book puts an 's' on the phrase 'Great Trek' as a way of signaling its intention to deal with all the movements of people and their leaders which occurred in South Africa during the early nineteenth century. Featuring a wealth of interesting anecdotes and stories, The Great Treks provides a fascinating new history for twenty-first century South Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9781138158993
• ISBN-10: 1138158992
• Artikelnr.: 69944363

Autorenporträt

Norman Etherington

Inhaltsangabe

Maps
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Life in the heartland in the late eighteenth century
3. Foreign invaders advance along the western panhandle
4. The emergence of new leaders and state-builders
5. Hardship
ambition and opportunity create new conflicts
6. 'Mantatees'
'Matabele' and 'Fetcani'
7. Making contact with British authorities; getting guns and missionaries
8. Confronting the British threat through diplomacy and war
9. The coming of the Boer trekkers
1836-8
10. Adjusting to the presence of new forces in the heartland
11. British officials intervene on the highveld
12. Legacies
Further Reading
Index