A South African kingdom : the pursuit of security in nineteenth-century Lesotho / Elizabeth A. Eldredge
1993, 1st edition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #424284
ISBN: 052144067X
Physical description; xv, 250 pages : illustrations, maps. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-244) and index. Contents; 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, 1824-1864 -- 5. The European intrusion and the competition for land, 1834-1868 -- 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, 1830-1910 -- 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. Subjects; To 1966. 1800-1900. 1900-1910. HISTORY General. HISTORY. Economic history. Politics and government. Regions & Countries - Africa. History & Archaeology. Sotho (African people). History Nineteenth century. Lesotho Politics and government To 1966. Lesotho Economic conditions To 1966.
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