Popular politics in the history of South Africa, 1400-1948 / Paul S. Landau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landau, Paul Stuart, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--South Africa--History.

Political participation.

Politics, Practical--South Africa--History.

Politics, Practical.

South Africa--Politics and government.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948 offers an 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.

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-20511-5

1-282-72335-9

9786612723353

0-511-74950-3

0-511-74369-6

0-511-75024-2

0-511-75098-6

0-511-74262-2

0-511-74478-1

OCLC:

651599412