A South African Kingdom

ISBN-13: 9780521440677 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 272 str.

Elizabeth A. Eldredge

Opis

The Basotho kingdom emerged and consolidated in the dramatic and dangerous environment of nineteenth-century South Africa. Elizabeth Eldredge explores its transition from chiefdom to kingdom to the British colony of Basutoland. She provides a rich description of local agriculture and craft industries, including an analysis of the roles of women in production and politics. Emphasizing the resourcefulness of the Basotho, the book describes how they united in their struggle to sustain their society and economy in the face of political and environmental threats.

Recenzje

"...infuses new breath into an old story, the emergence of the Basotho as a distinct people and the survival of their nation in the face of the aggressively expansionist regimes which became South Africa." Marc Epprecht, Canadian Journal of History

Spis treści

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.