ISBN:
0521196035
,
9780521196031
,
9780521179263
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 300 S
,
Ill., Kt
,
25 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Landau, Paul Stuart, 1962 - Popular politics in the history of South Africa, 1400-1948
DDC:
968
Keywords:
Political participation History
;
Politics, Practical History
;
South Africa Politics and government
;
Political participation
;
South Africa
;
History
;
Politics, Practical
;
South Africa
;
History
;
South Africa
;
Politics and government
;
Südafrika
;
Politik
;
Soziologie
;
Populismus
;
Geschichte 1400-1948
;
Südafrika
;
Bevölkerung
;
Politisches Handeln
Abstract:
"Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948 offers a newly inclusive vision of South Africa's past. Drawing largely from original sources, Paul Landau presents a history of the politics of the country's people, from the time of their early settlements in the elevated heartlands, through the colonial era, to the dawn of Apartheid. A practical tradition of mobilization, alliance, and amalgamation persisted, mutated, and occasionally vanished from view; it survived against the odds in several forms, in tribalisms, Christian assemblies, and other, seemingly hybrid movements; and it continues today. Landau treats southern Africa broadly, concentrating increasingly on the southern highveld and ultimately focusing on a transnational movement called the "Samuelites." He shows how people's politics in South Africa were suppressed and transformed, but never entirely eliminated"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Preface. The birth of the political -- 1. Eyewitness engagements : (Highveld political discourse at the start of the 1800s) -- 2. History before tribes : (partnership, alliance, and power -- 3. Translations : (missionaries and the invention of Christianity) -- 4. The incipient order : (Morok's reign, 1828-1880) -- 5. Mixed people : (the Samuelites, The Griqua, and other subjectivities, 1880-1928) -- 6. Twentieth-century tribes
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface. The birth of the political -- 1. Eyewitness engagements : (Highveld political discourse at the start of the 1800s) -- 2. History before tribes : (partnership, alliance, and power -- 3. Translations : (missionaries and the invention of Christianity) -- 4. The incipient order : (Morok's reign, 1828-1880) -- 5. Mixed people : (the Samuelites, The Griqua, and other subjectivities, 1880-1928) -- 6. Twentieth-century tribes.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37138
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http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37549
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http://www.cambridge.org/de/knowledge/isbn/item2705486/Popular%20Politics%20in%20the%20History%20of%20South%20Africa,%201400%E2%80%931948/?site_locale=de_DE
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