The politics of a South African frontier : the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840

The politics of a South African frontier : the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 /

This book publishes Martin Legassick's influential doctoral thesis on the preindustrial South African frontier zone of Transorangia. The impressive formation of the Griqua states in the first half of the nineteenth century outside the borders of the Cape Colony and their relations with Sotho-Ts...

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Main Author: Legassick, Martin (Author)
Other Authors: Ross, Robert (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel, Switzerland : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2010.
Subjects:
Griquas > Missions > South Africa.
Sotho (African people) > Missions > South Africa.
Tswana (African people) > Missions > South Africa.
Griquas > History.
Missions > South Africa > History.
South Africa > Politics and government > To 1836.
South Africa > History > To 1836.
Northern Cape (South Africa) > History.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of 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.

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