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White chief, black lords : Shepstone and the colonial state in Natal, South Africa, 1845-1878 /

White Chief, Black Lords explores the tensions and contradictions between the British colonial civilizing mission and the practice of indirect rule. While the colonial imperative was to transform colonized societies and bring them within "civilized" norms, fiscal limitations frequently res...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McClendon, Thomas V., 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, ©2010.
Series:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The man who would be Inkosi
  • Witchcraft and statecraft
  • You are what you eat up
  • Guns, rain, and law
  • From show trial to shallow reform.