Kings, Commoners and Concessionaires: The Evolution and Dissolution of the Nineteenth-Century Swazi State - Brossura

Bonner, Philip

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521523001 ISBN 13: 9780521523004

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Riassunto

A first full-length study of the political economy of the nineteenth-century Swazi state.

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Descrizione del libro

This is the first full-length study of the political economy of one of the African states formed during the nineteenth-century Zulu revolution. It covers the evolution of the Swazi state and the dynamics of its stratified systems; its relations with the surrounding Boer societies; and its eventual dissolution.

Contenuti

List of maps; List of figures; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The northern Nguni states 1700–1815; 3. The conquest state 1820–1838; 4. Factions and fissions: Mswati's early years; 5. The balance tilts: Swazi-Boer relations 1852–1865; 6. The deepening and widening of Dlamini power 1852–1865; 7. Regency and retreat 1865–1874; 8. Confederation, containment and conciliar rule: Mbandzeni's apprenticeship 1874–1881; 9. The puff-adder stirs: Mdandzeni and the beginnings of concessions 1881–1886; 10. The conquest by concessions 1886–1889; 11. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521523001
• ISBN 13: 9780521523004
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 326
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile