Colonial survey and native landscapes in rural South Africa, 1850-1913 : the politics of divided space in the Cape and Transvaal /

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"In Colonial Survey and Native Landscapes in Rural South Africa, 1850 - 1913, Lindsay Frederick Braun explores the technical processes and struggles surrounding the creation and maintenance of boundaries and spaces in South Africa in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."--Publishe...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Braun, Lindsay Frederick
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Series:African social studies series ; v. 33.
Subjects:
1800-1948
Black people > Land tenure > South Africa.
Real property > South Africa.
Land tenure > South Africa.
Noirs > Terres > Afrique du Sud.
Biens réels > Afrique du Sud.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Black people > Land tenure.
Land tenure.
Politics and government
Race relations.
Real property.
South Africa > Politics and government > 1836-1909.
South Africa > Politics and government > 1909-1948.
South Africa > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Afrique du Sud > Politique et gouvernement > 1836-1909.
Afrique du Sud > Politique et gouvernement > 1909-1948.
Afrique du Sud > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
South Africa.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the construction of colonial terrritory
  • PART 1. Imagining lands without chiefs. Redefining land and location in the Eastern Cape
  • "Cut into little bits": engineering social order
  • Survey and mediation in Fingoland
  • PART 2. Locating the enduring kingdom. The notional republic. "Before, the entire land was ramabulana"
  • The Fall and Rise of Mphephu
  • Objections and objectives: SANAC, the Tsewu case, and the land act.

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