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Belongings: The Fight for Land and Food
Laura J. Mitchell
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Description for Belongings: The Fight for Land and Food
Hardback. Series: Gutenberg-E. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Laura J. Mitchell concentrates on the contested dynamics of land tenure in the Cedarberg region of the Western Cape, from the first settler land claim of 1725 to the entrenchment of colonial administration in the 1830s. Based on a decade of research, Mitchell focuses on the conflict between Dutch East India Company officials, settlers, indigenous Khoisan, and Indian-Ocean slaves, detailing the ways in which settlers themselves--rather than Company policy or an imperial army--drew the frontier into a colonial orbit and then gradually placed it under colonial control. Against a backdrop of often violent resistance, settlers claimed land one farm at ... Read more
Laura J. Mitchell concentrates on the contested dynamics of land tenure in the Cedarberg region of the Western Cape, from the first settler land claim of 1725 to the entrenchment of colonial administration in the 1830s. Based on a decade of research, Mitchell focuses on the conflict between Dutch East India Company officials, settlers, indigenous Khoisan, and Indian-Ocean slaves, detailing the ways in which settlers themselves--rather than Company policy or an imperial army--drew the frontier into a colonial orbit and then gradually placed it under colonial control. Against a backdrop of often violent resistance, settlers claimed land one farm at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Series
Gutenberg-E
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231142526
SKU
V9780231142526
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About Laura J. Mitchell
Laura J. Mitchell is assistant professor of African history at the University of California, Irvine. Her work explores issues of identity in South Africa's constituent communities, and her publications focus on colonial encounters and the global context of early modern exchanges in relation to the environment, gender, family relationships, and the control of labor.
Reviews for Belongings: The Fight for Land and Food
This rich study...offers not just compelling stories but also new ways of thinking about the processes of conquest and the transformation of frontier societies into colonial societies.
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