Power and resistance in an African society : the Ciskei Xhosa and the making of South Africa / Les Switzer

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1993. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 452 pp. : illustrations, maps. Contents; Pt. 1. From Independence to Conquest. 1. The Precolonial Past. Khoisan Hunters and Herders. Bantu-speaking Farmers during the Iron Age. The Xhosa and Their Neighbors in the Eastern Cape. 2. Frontier Zones in a Colonial Setting. The Gamtoos-Fish Frontier Zone. The Ciskei Frontier Zone -- Pt. 2. Conflict, Accommodation, and Subordination in Cape Colonial Society. 3. Peasants and Proletarians in a Transitional Economy. Mercantile Trade in Commodities, Labor, and Land before the Mineral Revolution. Strategies for Survival in a Rural African Society. A New Political Order inside the Ciskei Locations. The Impact of the Mineral Discoveries. The Dynamics of Proletarianization Following the Mineral Revolution. 4. The Mission Enterprise. The Missionaries and African Culture. The Growth of an African Church. Educating the African Christian Community. 5. African Christians and the Cape Liberal Tradition. Strategies of Participation in Colonial Politics. African Political Opinion and the Petty Bourgeoisie. Regional African Politics in the 1880s and 1890s. The Decline of African Participation in Colonial Politics. 6. The Beginnings of African Nationalism. The Campaign for and against the Union of South Africa. Launching an African University in South Africa. Clergy and Church in Schism and Separation -- Pt. 3. Repression and Revolt in South Africa's Periphery. 7. The Underdevelopment of an African Reserve. Land and Population, 1910-1950. Inside the Reserve: A District in Profile. A Mosaic of Dependency, 1920-1950. State Intervention in the Reserves. 8. Opposition Politics and Popular Resistance I. African Protest Politics between the World Wars. Popular Resistance in Town and Countryside. The Crusade against Hertzog's Native Bills. 9. Opposition Politics and Popular Resistance II. The Resurgence of the ANC in National Politics. The Beginnings of a Mass Movement. Ferment in the Ciskei. 10. African Labor and the State in the Apartheid Era. Modernizing the Labor Control System in South Africa. The Transformation of the Periphery. The Ciskei from Reserve to National State. 11. The Legacy of the Ciskei in South Africa. The Black Consciousness Movement. The Revived Trade Union Movement. Subjects; Xhosa (African people). Nationalism South Africa Ciskei. Politics and government. History & Archaeology. Ethnic groups.