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Indirect rule in South Africa : tradition, modernity, and the costuming of political power /

Indirect rule -- the British colonial policy of employing indigenous tribal chiefs as political intermediaries -- has typically been understood by scholars as little more than an expedient solution to imperial personnel shortages. A reexamination of the h.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Myers, Jason Conard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2008.
Series:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • Indirect rule
  • From native administration to separate development
  • Proxy forces
  • Tradition and modernity in the fall of apartheid
  • Chiefs in the new South Africa
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.