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The politics of a South African frontier : the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 / Martin Chatfield Legassick ; introduction by Robert Ross.

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The politics of a South African frontier : the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 / Martin Chatfield Legassick ; introduction by Robert Ross.
Author
Legassick, Martin.
Publication
Basel : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Robert Ross.
  • Legassick, Martin.
  • Basler Afrika Bibliographien
  • Basler Afrika Bibliographien.
Description
xxii, 394 p. : 5 geneal. tables, 6 maps; 24 cm.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Alternative Title
Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840
Subject
  • Griquas > South Africa > History
  • Griquas > Missions > South Africa
  • Sotho (African people) > Missions > South Africa
  • Tswana (African people) > Missions > South Africa
  • Missionaries > South Africa > History
  • Griquas > History
  • Missions > South Africa > History
  • South Africa > Politics and government
  • South Africa > Politics and government > To 1836
  • South Africa > History > To 1836
  • Northern Cape (South Africa) > History
Note
  • At head of title on cover: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia Resource Centre-Southern Africa Library.
  • Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1969.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The Sotho-Tswana people before 1800 -- The evolution of a frontier society, 1700-1775 -- The frontier zone and colonial policy, c. 1770-1815 -- The development of the Griqua state, 1800-1820 -- The frontier zone in Transorangia, 1800-1820 -- The Griqua and the colonial government, 1815-1826 -- Dislocation in Transorangia, 1820-1826 -- The new balance of power, 1826-1832 -- John Philip, Robert Moffat, and the Griqua, 1819-1832 -- Griqua expansionism, I: Andreis Waterboer in Transorangia, 1832-1836 -- Griqua expansionism, II: church and state at Griquatown and Philippolis, 1836-1842 -- The decline of Griqua hegemony -- Conclusion.
ISBN
9783905758146 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 666798211
  • SCSB-11345956
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library