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Land, Chiefs, Mining : South Africa's North West Province since 1840 /
"Land, Chiefs, Mining, explores aspects of the experience of the Batswana in the thornveld and bushveld regions of the North-West Province, shedding light on defining issues, moments and individuals in this lesser known region of South Africa. Some of the focuses are: an important Tswana kgosi...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Johannesburg :
Wits University Press,
2014.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "Land, Chiefs, Mining, explores aspects of the experience of the Batswana in the thornveld and bushveld regions of the North-West Province, shedding light on defining issues, moments and individuals in this lesser known region of South Africa. Some of the focuses are: an important Tswana kgosi (chief), Moiloa 11 of the Bahurutshe ; responses to and participation in the South African War and its aftermath, 1899-1907; land acquisition ; economic and political conditions in the reserves ; resistance to Mangope's Bophuthatswana; the impact of game parks and the Sun City resort; rural resistance and the liberation struggle; and African reaction to the platinum mining revolution."--Publisher: http://witspress.co.za/catalogue/land-chiefs-mining |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 9781868147724 |