The Politics of a South African Frontier : The Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the Missionaries, 1780�1840.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on this Edition -- Martin Legassick, The Griqua and South Africa's historiographical revival: an appreciation -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Concept of the 'Frontier Zone' -- The Present Study: Focus, Sources and Methods -- 1. The Sotho-Tswana Peoples before 1800 -- The Dispersal of the Kwena and Kgatla Lineage-Clusters -- The Rolong, the Tlhaping and the Kora, 1700 - 1800 -- 2. The Evolution of a Frontier Society, 1700 - 1775 -- The Evolution of a New Society in the Interior, 1700 - 1775 -- The Northern Frontier Society in the Eighteenth Century -- 3. The Frontier Zone and Colonial Policy, c. 1770 - 1815 -- The Frontier Zone in the North, 1700 - 1800: Trade, Warfare, and Acculturation -- The Colonial Government, the Northern Frontier and the Missionaries, 1800 - 1815 -- 4. The Development of the Griqua State, 1800 - 1820 -- The 'Hartenaar' Rebellion -- The Demise of the Traditional Chiefs at Griquatown -- Fission Among the Griqua -- 5. The Frontier Zone in Transorangia, 1800 - 1820 -- The Extension of the Frontier Society in Transorangia, 1800 - 1820 -- The Tlhaping 'Confederation' and the Frontier Zone, 1790 - 1820 -- 6. The Griqua and the Colonial Government, 1815 - 1826 -- The Bergenaar Rebellion -- 7. Dislocation in Transorangia, 1820 - 1826 -- The Difaqane in Transorangia, 1822 - 1825 -- The Bergenaars in Transorangia, 1822 - 1826 -- The Difaqane, the Bergenaars, and the Kora, 1822 - 1826 -- The Difaqane, the Bergenaars, and the Southern Sotho-Tswana, 1824 - 1828 -- 8. The New Balance of Power, 1826 - 1832 -- The First Years of the Philippolis and Boetsap States: The 'Old' Chiefs, Missionaries, and Government, 1826 - 1832 -- Andries Waterboer at Griquatown, 1826 - 1832 -- The Influence of Mzilikazi on the Transorangia Power Balance, 1829 - 1832.

9. John Philip, Robert Moffat, and the Griqua, 1819 - 1832 -- The Evolution of LMS Policy Towards the Griqua, 1819 - 1832 -- 10. Griqua Expansionism, I: Andries Waterboer in Transorangia, 1832 - 1836 -- Waterboer and the Southern Sotho-Tswana, 1832 - 1835 -- Waterboer, Cornelius Kok II and Berend Berends, 1832 - 1836: Regrouping along the Harts and Vaal -- Waterboer and the Philippolis State, 1830 - 1837 -- Conclusion -- 11. Griqua Expansionism, II: Church and State at Griquatown and Philippolis, 1836 - 1842 -- Christianity and the Southern Sotho-Tswana: The Church in Griqua Expansionism, 1834 - 1838 -- Adam Kok III at Philippolis and Griqua Expansionism, 1837 - 1840 -- Tlhaping Reaction to Griqua Expansionism, 1838 - 1842 -- John Philip in Transorangia in 1842 -- 12. The Decline of Griqua Hegemony -- John Philip and Robert Moffat, 1837 - 1843 -- The Decline of Griquatown and Philippolis -- The Rise of Mahura -- 13. Conclusion -- Political Leadership in the Frontier Zone -- Trade, Property Rights, and Land Tenure in the Frontier Zone -- The Missionaries, the Griqua, and the Sotho-Tswana -- Lists of Maps and Tables -- Appendix: Maps and Tables -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.

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