Publication

2008 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

55,000 words, Guess

Page Count

220 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Description

This book examines in detail how the people of one formerly independent African chiefdom were absorbed into the wider South African society during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first two chapters discuss the nature of the pre-colonial polity, changes in agricultural production during the early stages of colonisation, colonial policy and the beginnings of mass labour migrancy up to about 1910. The last three chapters, focusing on the period between about 1910 and 1930, analyse changing patterns of rural production and ...

Subjects

Series Statement

  • African Studies -- 33

Other Editions

  • The Political Economy of Pondoland 1860-1930Cambridge University Press2008-01-01

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