Author: John Laband
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810863006
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Between 1838 and 1888 the recently formed Zulu kingdom in southeastern Africa was directly challenged by the incursion of Boer pioneers aggressively seeking new lands on which to set up their independent republics, by English-speaking traders and hunters establishing their neighboring colony, and by imperial Britain intervening in Zulu affairs to safeguard Britain's position as the paramount power in southern Africa. As a result, the Zulu fought to resist Boer invasion in 1838 and British invasion in 1879. The internal strains these wars caused to the fabric of Zulu society resulted in civil wars in 1840, 1856, and 1882-1884, and Zululand itself was repeatedly partitioned between the Boers and British. In 1888, the old order in Zululand attempted a final, unsuccessful uprising against recently imposed British rule. This tangled web of invasions, civil wars, and rebellion is complex. The Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars unravels and elucidates Zulu history during the 50 years between the initial settler threat to the kingdom and its final dismemberment and absorption into the colonial order. A chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, maps, photos, and over 900 cross-referenced dictionary entries that cover the military, politics, society, economics, culture, and key players during the Zulu Wars make this an important reference for everyone from high school students to academics.
Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars
Author: John Laband
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810863006
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Between 1838 and 1888 the recently formed Zulu kingdom in southeastern Africa was directly challenged by the incursion of Boer pioneers aggressively seeking new lands on which to set up their independent republics, by English-speaking traders and hunters establishing their neighboring colony, and by imperial Britain intervening in Zulu affairs to safeguard Britain's position as the paramount power in southern Africa. As a result, the Zulu fought to resist Boer invasion in 1838 and British invasion in 1879. The internal strains these wars caused to the fabric of Zulu society resulted in civil wars in 1840, 1856, and 1882-1884, and Zululand itself was repeatedly partitioned between the Boers and British. In 1888, the old order in Zululand attempted a final, unsuccessful uprising against recently imposed British rule. This tangled web of invasions, civil wars, and rebellion is complex. The Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars unravels and elucidates Zulu history during the 50 years between the initial settler threat to the kingdom and its final dismemberment and absorption into the colonial order. A chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, maps, photos, and over 900 cross-referenced dictionary entries that cover the military, politics, society, economics, culture, and key players during the Zulu Wars make this an important reference for everyone from high school students to academics.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810863006
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Between 1838 and 1888 the recently formed Zulu kingdom in southeastern Africa was directly challenged by the incursion of Boer pioneers aggressively seeking new lands on which to set up their independent republics, by English-speaking traders and hunters establishing their neighboring colony, and by imperial Britain intervening in Zulu affairs to safeguard Britain's position as the paramount power in southern Africa. As a result, the Zulu fought to resist Boer invasion in 1838 and British invasion in 1879. The internal strains these wars caused to the fabric of Zulu society resulted in civil wars in 1840, 1856, and 1882-1884, and Zululand itself was repeatedly partitioned between the Boers and British. In 1888, the old order in Zululand attempted a final, unsuccessful uprising against recently imposed British rule. This tangled web of invasions, civil wars, and rebellion is complex. The Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars unravels and elucidates Zulu history during the 50 years between the initial settler threat to the kingdom and its final dismemberment and absorption into the colonial order. A chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, maps, photos, and over 900 cross-referenced dictionary entries that cover the military, politics, society, economics, culture, and key players during the Zulu Wars make this an important reference for everyone from high school students to academics.
The Ultimate Experience
Author: Y. Harari
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230583881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
For millennia, war was viewed as a supreme test. In the period 1750-1850 war became much more than a test: it became a secular revelation. This new understanding of war as revelation completely transformed Western war culture, revolutionizing politics, the personal experience of war, the status of common soldiers, and the tenets of military theory.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230583881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
For millennia, war was viewed as a supreme test. In the period 1750-1850 war became much more than a test: it became a secular revelation. This new understanding of war as revelation completely transformed Western war culture, revolutionizing politics, the personal experience of war, the status of common soldiers, and the tenets of military theory.
Renaissance Military Memoirs
Author: Yuval N. Harari
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9781843830641
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Renaissance military memoirs studied for what they reveal of contemporary attitudes towards war, selfhood and identity. This is a study of autobiographical writings of Renaissance soldiers. It outlines the ways in which they reflect Renaissance cultural, political and historical consciousness, with a particular focus on conceptions of war, history, selfhood and identity. A vivid picture of Renaissance military life and military mentality emerges, which sheds light on the attitude of Renaissance soldiers both towards contemporary historical developments such as the rise of the modern state, and towards such issues as comradeship, women, honor, violence, and death. Comparison with similar medieval and twentieth-century material highlights the differences in the Renaissance soldier's understanding of war and of human experience.
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 9781843830641
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Renaissance military memoirs studied for what they reveal of contemporary attitudes towards war, selfhood and identity. This is a study of autobiographical writings of Renaissance soldiers. It outlines the ways in which they reflect Renaissance cultural, political and historical consciousness, with a particular focus on conceptions of war, history, selfhood and identity. A vivid picture of Renaissance military life and military mentality emerges, which sheds light on the attitude of Renaissance soldiers both towards contemporary historical developments such as the rise of the modern state, and towards such issues as comradeship, women, honor, violence, and death. Comparison with similar medieval and twentieth-century material highlights the differences in the Renaissance soldier's understanding of war and of human experience.
The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 3, AD 1420-AD 1804
Author: David Eltis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521840686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
The various manifestations of coerced labour between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of Haiti.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521840686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
The various manifestations of coerced labour between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of Haiti.
The Ampleforth Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Benedictine movement (Anglican Communion)
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Benedictine movement (Anglican Communion)
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Rethinking Resistance
Author: Gerrit Jan Abbink
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004126244
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
"Rethinking Resistance" analyzes revolts from the nineteenth century and early colonial Africa, post-colonial rebellions and recent conflicts in African history by reinterpreting resistance studies in the light of current scholarly thought and linking them to new conceptual perspectives on the changing nature of violence.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004126244
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
"Rethinking Resistance" analyzes revolts from the nineteenth century and early colonial Africa, post-colonial rebellions and recent conflicts in African history by reinterpreting resistance studies in the light of current scholarly thought and linking them to new conceptual perspectives on the changing nature of violence.
A Documentary History of the Illawarra & South Coast Aborigines, 1770-1850
Author:
Publisher: Aboriginal Education Unit Wollongong University
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Compilation of primary sources in chronological order; includes notes on ritual, territorial groupings and myths; extracts from explorers journals; accounts of contact history and violent conflict; settlement of Illawarra region; Macquaries punitive expedition; trial of Seth Hawker; extracts from Dumont DUrvilles journal; battle of Fairy Meadow; Murramarang Massacre; blanket distribution lists includes listings of individual recipients; census data includes Maneroo and South Coast 1843-1848 and Berrima Cencus 1851; reminiscences of Alexander Berry; Milton and Ulladulla Benevolent Society; Aborigines Protection Board Reports; Roseby Park Reserve; Bomaderry Aboriginal Childrens Home; artists representations of Aborigines; various references to death and disease; economic activity including fishing; Bunan and initiation ceremonies; Aboriginal reminiscences; various vocabularies; archaeological reports bibliography; Appendices include; Index to Blanket Lists (1833-42) sorted by English and Aboriginal names.
Publisher: Aboriginal Education Unit Wollongong University
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Compilation of primary sources in chronological order; includes notes on ritual, territorial groupings and myths; extracts from explorers journals; accounts of contact history and violent conflict; settlement of Illawarra region; Macquaries punitive expedition; trial of Seth Hawker; extracts from Dumont DUrvilles journal; battle of Fairy Meadow; Murramarang Massacre; blanket distribution lists includes listings of individual recipients; census data includes Maneroo and South Coast 1843-1848 and Berrima Cencus 1851; reminiscences of Alexander Berry; Milton and Ulladulla Benevolent Society; Aborigines Protection Board Reports; Roseby Park Reserve; Bomaderry Aboriginal Childrens Home; artists representations of Aborigines; various references to death and disease; economic activity including fishing; Bunan and initiation ceremonies; Aboriginal reminiscences; various vocabularies; archaeological reports bibliography; Appendices include; Index to Blanket Lists (1833-42) sorted by English and Aboriginal names.
From Chaos to the Charter
Author: T. B. Dudley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leamington (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leamington (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Indigenous Intermediaries
Author: Shino Konishi
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1925022773
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
This edited collection understands exploration as a collective effort and experience involving a variety of people in diverse kinds of relationships. It engages with the recent resurgence of interest in the history of exploration by focusing on the various indigenous intermediaries – Jacky Jacky, Bungaree, Moowattin, Tupaia, Mai, Cheealthluc and lesser-known individuals – who were the guides, translators, and hosts that assisted and facilitated European travellers in exploring different parts of the world. These intermediaries are rarely the authors of exploration narratives, or the main focus within exploration archives. Nonetheless the archives of exploration contain imprints of their presence, experience and contributions. The chapters present a range of ways of reading archives to bring them to the fore. The contributors ask new questions of existing materials, suggest new interpretive approaches, and present innovative ways to enhance sources so as to generate new stories.
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1925022773
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
This edited collection understands exploration as a collective effort and experience involving a variety of people in diverse kinds of relationships. It engages with the recent resurgence of interest in the history of exploration by focusing on the various indigenous intermediaries – Jacky Jacky, Bungaree, Moowattin, Tupaia, Mai, Cheealthluc and lesser-known individuals – who were the guides, translators, and hosts that assisted and facilitated European travellers in exploring different parts of the world. These intermediaries are rarely the authors of exploration narratives, or the main focus within exploration archives. Nonetheless the archives of exploration contain imprints of their presence, experience and contributions. The chapters present a range of ways of reading archives to bring them to the fore. The contributors ask new questions of existing materials, suggest new interpretive approaches, and present innovative ways to enhance sources so as to generate new stories.
Inter-ethnic Relations on a Frontier
Author: Tsega Endalew
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447054423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Matakkal is a large region in Northwest Ethiopia along the Sudanese border. In former times it comprised nearly half of Goggam, although not counting more than 250.000 Inhabitants, who belonged to different ethnical groups. Members from all four Ethiopian language families (Semitic, Kushitic, Omotic, and Nilo-Saharian) inhabit the area. Matakkal represents thus from ethno-linguistic view a pattern of Ethiopia. The special ethnical variety of this region goes back to demographic and political changes in the Horn of Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 16th century large subpopulations came into the region and led to an ethnical enriching. While Oromo, Sinasa and Agaw assimilated in most areas of Goggam to the dominant Amharic speaking population, in Matakkal the same subpopulations retained their ethnical identity to a large extent. The investigation is based on interviews with informants and fi eld research, as well as on documents and archives. The study is an interdisciplinary work, which combines history, anthropology and peace research. It deals with cultures and history of the peoples in the border area between Ethiopia and the Sudan from the last decade of the 19th century up to the end of the Ethiopian Revolution in 1991.
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447054423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Matakkal is a large region in Northwest Ethiopia along the Sudanese border. In former times it comprised nearly half of Goggam, although not counting more than 250.000 Inhabitants, who belonged to different ethnical groups. Members from all four Ethiopian language families (Semitic, Kushitic, Omotic, and Nilo-Saharian) inhabit the area. Matakkal represents thus from ethno-linguistic view a pattern of Ethiopia. The special ethnical variety of this region goes back to demographic and political changes in the Horn of Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 16th century large subpopulations came into the region and led to an ethnical enriching. While Oromo, Sinasa and Agaw assimilated in most areas of Goggam to the dominant Amharic speaking population, in Matakkal the same subpopulations retained their ethnical identity to a large extent. The investigation is based on interviews with informants and fi eld research, as well as on documents and archives. The study is an interdisciplinary work, which combines history, anthropology and peace research. It deals with cultures and history of the peoples in the border area between Ethiopia and the Sudan from the last decade of the 19th century up to the end of the Ethiopian Revolution in 1991.