The Mfecane aftermath : reconstructive debates in Southern African history /
Imprint: | Johannesburg : Witwatersrand University Press ; Pietermaritzburg : University of Natal Press, c1995. |
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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 |
Summary: | 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. |
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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 |