A South African Kingdom

A study of the Basotho and the transition from chiefdom to kingdom to British colony, first published in 2003.

List of 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, 1824-64; 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.

Summary

The Basotho kingdom emerged in the dramatic environment of nineteenth-century South Africa. This 2003 book explores its transition from chiefdom to kingdom to the British colony of Basutoland.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth A. Eldredge
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2011
• EAN: 9780521440677
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44067-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 596 g
• Series: African Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous