KINGS, COMMONERS AND CONCESSIONAIRES: THE EVOLUTION AND DISSOLUTION OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY SWAZI STATE. by Bonner, Philip - 1983

Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 315 Pages, Previous Owners Blind Stamp O/W Fine.

(Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1983) 0869751506. 213 x 140 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. viii + (ii) + 315, incl. index; maps; some text figures. Fine condition. A volume in the 'New History of Southern Africa Series'. "This is the first full-length study of the political economy of one of the African states which formed in the course of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century 'Zulu' revolution. The early chapters examine the evolution of the Swazi state up to the mid-nineteenth century, paying particular attention to the 'layering' of society through conquest and differential incorporation, and the simultaneous integration of the state through age regiments and the elaboration of a national ideology centred on the Swazi royalty. Dr Bonner then sets the Swazi state in the wider context of south-eastern Africa. He examines Swazi relations with the Zulu and shows how the Zulu kingdom was the axis around which regional politics turned. The Boer republics of the… Read More

Johannesburg, South Africa: Ravan Press, 1983 The cover's edges are a bit creased. 315 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paper Back. Very Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (204-227mm).

Ravan Press. Johannesburg 1983. Same as CUP African Studies Series 31. isbn 9780521242707 .. Owners signature and bookshop ticket to ffep , spine lightly creased, a VG-Fine copy, well above average condition.. 315pp paperback. Examines the evolution of the Swazi state, its relations with the Zulu kingdom and Boer republics, and the role of mining companies and their concessionaires in the demise of Swaziland independence following the defeat of the Zulu and the discovery of gold in the Transvaal.