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Commerce as politics : the two centuries of struggle for Basotho economic independence / Sean M. Maliehe.
Lippincott Library HC920 .M34 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maliehe, Sean Morenakemang, author.
- Series:
- Human economy ; v. 8.
- The human economy ; volume 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sotho (African people)--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Sotho (African people).
- Sotho (African people)--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Economic history.
- Politics and government.
- Economic conditions.
- Lesotho--Economic conditions.
- Lesotho.
- Lesotho--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 169 pages : map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.
- Summary:
- "This is the first comprehensive economic history of the Basotho people of Southern Africa (in colonial Basutoland, then Lesotho) and spans from the 1820s to the present day. The book documents what the Basotho have done on their own account, focusing on their systematic exclusion from trade and their political efforts to insert themselves into their country's commerce. Although the colonial and post-colonial periods were unfavourable to the Basotho, they have, before and after colonial rule, launched impressive commercial initiatives of their own, which bring hope for greater development and freedom in their struggle for economic independence"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Rise and Fall of the Basotho Nation
- The Formation of the Basotho Nation, 1820s-1870s
- The Loss of Economic Independence, 1870s-1890s
- British Trading Monopoly and the Liberation Struggle
- Colonial Commerce, 1870s-1930s
- Basotho in Colonial Commerce, 1900s-1966
- The Political Struggle for Reform of Trade, 1900s-1966
- Lesotho's Postcolonial Counter-Revolution and Resistance to It
- The Developmental State and Lesotho's Counter-Revolution, 1966-1986
- The Military Dictatorship and the Neoliberal Turn, 1986-2010s
- Business Politics and the Collapse of the Congress, 2000s-2020
- The Rise of a Chinese Trading Monopoly and of Mobile Money, 2000s-2020
- Conclusion. Commerce as Politics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Maliehe, Sean M., Commerce as politics
- ISBN:
- 9781789209815
- 1789209811
- OCLC:
- 1198086005
- Publisher Number:
- 99986478943
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