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The view across the river : Harriette Colenso and the Zulu struggle against imperialism

Title
The view across the river : Harriette Colenso and the Zulu struggle against imperialism / Jeff Guy.
Author
Guy, Jeff.
Publication
Charlottesville, Va. : University Press of Virginia, 2002.

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Description
xi, 498 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 21 cm.
Series Statement
Reconsiderations in southern African history
Uniform Title
Reconsiderations in southern African history.
Subject
  • Colenso, Harriette
  • Zulu War, 1879
  • Political activists > Africa, Southern > Biography
  • Zulu (African people) > Biography
  • Colonies > Africa
  • Government, Resistance to > Zululand > History
  • Zululand (South Africa) > History
Note
  • Originally published: Claremont, South Africa : David Philip, 2001.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-460) and index.
Contents
  • I. Warring Houses. 1. The House of Senzangakhona. 2. The House of Sobantu. 3. The House of Sonzica. 4. The Destruction of the Zulu Kingdom (January 1879-July 1884). 5. Ukushona: The Deaths of Fathers -- II. The Inheritance. 6. A Hard Price (April-August 1884). 7. The Scramble for Zululand (August 1884-March 1885). 8. Plagues. 9. The Price of Blood (1885) -- III. Dividing the Inheritance. 10. Matters of History (February-October 1886). 11. The Limits of Protest. 12. The Blanket Breaks (November 1886-August 1887) -- IV. Resistance. 13. Tail Lashing (September-November 1887). 14. Eat Sorrow (December 1887-April 1888). 15. Flight (May 1888). 16. The Conqueror of Two Bulls (June-August 1888). 17. Two Roads to Death -- V. A Sort of Paradise. 18. Three Journeys (12 November 1888). 19. Eshowe (15 November-5 December 1888). 20. Eshowe (December 1888-April 1889). 21. A Sort of Paradise. 22. As Irrepressible as Ever -- VI. The Quest.
  • 23. Harriette Colenso in England (1890-1891). 24. Harriette Colenso in England (1892-1893). 25. Clemency and Oblivion. 26. Sharp Practice -- VII. Breaking Down. 27. St. Helena and London (February-June 1895). 28. Five Men and a Lost Cause. 29. The Wagon Breaks Down. 30. Our Greatest Safety.
ISBN
  • 0813921333 (paper)
  • 086486373X (David Philip : paper)
  • 0852557914 (James Currey : paper)
LCCN
2002277864
OCLC
  • ocm47117350
  • SCSB-4314729
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries