The Political Economy of Pondoland, 1860-1930 (New History of Southern Africa S.) - Softcover

Beinart, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0869751379 ISBN 13: 9780869751374

Publisher: Ravan Press (Pty) Ltd, 1982

Synopsis

This book examines in detail how the people of one formerly independent African chiefdom were absorbed into the wider South African society during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first two chapters discuss the nature of the pre-colonial polity, changes in agricultural production during the early stages of colonisation, colonial policy and the beginnings of mass labour migrancy up to about 1910. The last three chapters, focusing on the period between about 1910 and 1930, analyse changing patterns of rural production and labour migrancy, the changing form of African homesteads, the position of chiefs in rural South African and new patterns of rural differentiation. The book questions some of the assumptions in the literature on 'underdevelopment' in Africa.

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Book Description:

This book examines in detail how the people of one formerly independent African chiefdom were absorbed into the wider South African society during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book questions some of the assumptions in the literature on 'underdevelopment' in Africa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ravan Press (Pty) Ltd
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0869751379
• ISBN 13: 9780869751374
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 229