Land, Chiefs, Mining [electronic resource] : South Africa's North West Province since 1840 / Andrew Manson and Bernard K. Mbenga.

Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2014. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages :) : illustrations, maps, portraits ;

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"Land, Chiefs, Mining, explores aspects of the experience of the Batswana in the thornveld and bushveld regions of the North-West Province, shedding light on defining issues, moments and individuals in this lesser known region of South Africa. Some of the focuses are: an important Tswana kgosi (chief) , Moiloa 11 of the Bahurutshe ; responses to and participation in the South African War and its aftermath, 1899-1907; land acquisition ; economic and political conditions in the reserves ; resistance to Mangope's Bophuthatswana; the impact of game parks and the Sun City resort; rural resistance and the liberation struggle; and African reaction to the platinum mining revolution." -- Publisher: http://witspress.co.za/catalogue/land-chiefs-mining/

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January 10, 2018

Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-184) and index.