| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1: 'The dog of the Boers'? Moiloa II of the baHurutshe; Chapter 2: The South African War and its aftermath 1899-1908; Chapter 3: Land, leaders and dissent 1900-1940; Chapter 4: 'Away in the locations': Life in the Bechuanaland Reserves 1910-1958; Chapter 5: Rural resistance: The baHurutshe revolt of 1957-58; Chapter 6: 'Blunting the prickly pear': Bophuthatswana and its consequences 1977-1994; Chapter 7: Modernity in the bushveld: Mining, national parks and casinos; Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Land, Chiefs, Mining, explores aspects of the experience of the Batswana in the thornveld and bushveld regions of the North-West Province, shedding light on defining issues, moments and individuals in this lesser known region of South Africa. Some of the focuses are: an important Tswana kgosi (chief), Moiloa 11 of the Bahurutshe ; responses to and participation in the South African War and its aftermath, 1899-1907; land acquisition ; economic and political conditions in the reserves ; resistance to Mangope's Bophuthatswana; the impact of game parks and the Sun City resort; rural resistance and the liberation struggle; and African reaction to the platinum mining revolution."--Publisher: http://witspress.co.za/catalogue/land-chiefs-mining |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Tswana (African people) -- South Africa -- North-West -- History.
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Hurutshe (African people) -- History.
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Mines and mineral resources -- South Africa -- North-West.
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Chiefdoms -- South Africa -- North-West -- History.
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Land tenure -- South Africa -- North-West -- History.
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Black people -- South Africa -- Transvaal -- History.
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North-West (South Africa) -- History.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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HISTORY -- Africa -- General. |
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Black people. |
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Chiefdoms. |
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Hurutshe (African people) |
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Land tenure. |
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Mines and mineral resources. |
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Tswana (African people) |
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South Africa -- North-West. |
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South Africa -- Transvaal. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Mbenga, Bernard, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Manson, Andrew. Land, chiefs, mining. Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2014 (DLC) 2014499370 |
| ISBN |
9781868147724 (electronic bk.) |
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186814772X (electronic bk.) |
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9781868149926 (electronic bk.) |
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1868149927 (electronic bk.) |
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9781868147717 |
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1868147711 |
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