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The politics of a South African frontier the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840
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The politics of a South African frontier [electronic resource] : the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 / Martin Chatfield Legassick ; introduction by Robert Ross.
ISBN
9783905758559
3905758148
9783905758146
Published
Basel : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, [2010] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxii, 394 pages :) : illustrations, Maps ;
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"This book publishes the dissertation by Martin Legassick, originally submitted to the University of California at Los Angeles in 1969"--T.p. verso. Dissertation entitled: The Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 : the politics of a frontier zone.
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Language
English
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February 09, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-371) and index.
Contents
Introduction
The Sotho-Tswana people before 1800
The evolution of a frontier society, 1700-1775
The frontier zone and colonial policy, c. 1770-1815
The development of the Griqua state, 1800-1820
The frontier zone in Transorangia, 1800-1820
The Griqua and the colonial government, 1815-1826
Dislocation in Transorangia, 1820-1826 - The new balance of power, 1826-1832
John Philip, Robert Moffat, and the Griqua, 1819-1832
Griqua expansionism, I: Andreis Waterboer in Transorangia, 1832-1836
Griqua expansionism, II: church and state at Griquatown and Philippolis, 1836-1842
The decline of Griqua hegemony
Conclusion.
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