Popular politics in the history of South Africa, 1400-1948 [electronic resource] / Paul S. Landau.

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"Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948 offers a newly inclusive vision of South Africa's past. Drawing largely from original sources, Paul Landau presents a history of the politics of the country's people, from the time of their early settlements in the elevated heartlands, thro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Landau, Paul Stuart, 1962-
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Political participation > South Africa > History. Politics, Practical > South Africa > History. South Africa > Politics and government.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2010 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2010 (EBSCO)
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Preface. The birth of the political
1. Eyewitness engagements : (Highveld political discourse at the start of the 1800s)
2. History before tribes : (partnership, alliance, and power
3. Translations : (missionaries and the invention of Christianity)
4. The incipient order : (Morok's reign, 1828-1880)
5. Mixed people : (the Samuelites, The Griqua, and other subjectivities, 1880-1928)
6. Twentieth-century tribes.