The Mfecane aftermath : reconstructive debates in Southern African history /

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Imprint:Johannesburg : Witwatersrand University Press ; Pietermaritzburg : University of Natal Press, c1995.
Description:xvi, 493 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Great Trek (South Africa : 1836-1840)
Africa, Southern -- History -- Mfecane period, 1816-ca. 1840 -- Congresses.
South Africa -- History -- Great Trek, 1836-1840 -- Congresses.
KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) -- History -- Congresses.
Zululand (South Africa) -- History -- To 1879 -- Congresses.
Africa, Southern.
South Africa.
South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africa -- Zululand.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2476218
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Other authors / contributors:Hamilton, Carolyn.
ISBN:1868142523
Notes:"This book comprises a revised selection of the papers delivered at the colloquium 'The Mfecane Aftermath: Towards a New Paradigm', held at the University of the Witwatersrand in September 1991"--P. ix.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-477) and index.
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The idea that the period of social turbulence in the nineteenth century was a consequence of the emergence of the powerful Zulu kingdom under Shaka has been written about extensively as a central episode of southern African history.
Considerable dynamic debate has focused on the idea that this period - the 'mfecane'- left much of the interior depopulated, thereby justifying white occupation. One view is that 'the time of troubles' owed more to the Delagoa Bay Slave trade and the demands of the labour-hungry Cape colonists than to Shaka's empire building. But is there sufficient evidence to support the argument?
The Mfecane Aftermath investigates the very nature of historical debate and examines the uncertain foundations of much of the previous historiography.

Item Description:"This book comprises a revised selection of the papers delivered at the colloquium 'The Mfecane Aftermath: Towards a New Paradigm', held at the University of the Witwatersrand in September 1991"--P. ix.
Physical Description:xvi, 493 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-477) and index.
ISBN:1868142523