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Indirect Rule in South Africa
J. C. Myers
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Description for Indirect Rule in South Africa
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A groundbreaking new study of the ways in which South African leaders struggle to legitimize themselves through the costuming of political power. Indirect rule -- the British colonial policy of employing indigenous tribal chiefs as political intermediaries -- has typically been understood by scholars as little more than an expedient solution to imperial personnel shortages.A reexamination of the history of indirect rule in South Africa reveals it to have been much more: an ideological strategy designed to win legitimacy for colonial officials. Indirect rule became the basic template from which segregation and apartheid emerged during the twentieth century and ... Read more
A groundbreaking new study of the ways in which South African leaders struggle to legitimize themselves through the costuming of political power. Indirect rule -- the British colonial policy of employing indigenous tribal chiefs as political intermediaries -- has typically been understood by scholars as little more than an expedient solution to imperial personnel shortages.A reexamination of the history of indirect rule in South Africa reveals it to have been much more: an ideological strategy designed to win legitimacy for colonial officials. Indirect rule became the basic template from which segregation and apartheid emerged during the twentieth century and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580463621
SKU
V9781580463621
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Reviews for Indirect Rule in South Africa
[Myers] makes the good point that the ongoing debates in South Africa over the roles of traditional rulers is very much conditioned by what has gone on during the past two centuries. Summing up: recommended.
CHOICE, April 2009
This is an important and provocative book. Myers shows why indirect rule developed in South Africa, why it was absorbed ... Read more
CHOICE, April 2009
This is an important and provocative book. Myers shows why indirect rule developed in South Africa, why it was absorbed ... Read more