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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Natal and Zululand History Theses
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontiers
Author: Graham DominyPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252098242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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Small and isolated in the Colony of Natal, Fort Napier was long treated like a temporary outpost of the expanding British Empire. Yet British troops manned this South African garrison for over seventy years. Tasked with protecting colonists, the fort became even more significant as an influence on, and reference point for, settler society. Graham Dominy's Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontier reveals the unexamined but pivotal role of Fort Napier in the peacetime public dramas of the colony. Its triumphalist colonial-themed pageantry belied colonists's worries about their own vulnerability. As Dominy shows, the cultural, political, and economic methods used by the garrison compensated for this perceived weakness. Settler elites married their daughters to soldiers to create and preserve an English-speaking oligarchy. At the same time, garrison troops formed the backbone of a consumer market that allowed colonists to form banking and property interests that consolidated their control.
Anglo-Zulu War, 1879
Author: Harold E. RaughPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810874679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 685
Book Description
The Anglo-Zulu War was one of many colonial campaigns in which the British Army served as the instrument of British imperialism. The conflict, fought against a native adversary the British initially under-estimated, is remarkable for battles that included perhaps the most humiliating defeat in British military history-the Battle of Isandlwana, January 22, 1879-and one of its most heroic feats of martial arms-the defense of Rorke's Drift, January 22-23, 1879. While lasting only six months, it is one of the most examined, studied, and debated conflicts in Victorian military history. Anglo-Zulu War, 1879: A Selected Bibliography is a research guide and tool for identifying obscure publications and source materials in order to encourage continued original and thought-provoking contributions to this popular field of historical study. From the student or neophyte to the study of the Anglo-Zulu War, its battles, and its opponents to the more experienced historian or scholar, this selected bibliography is a must for anyone interested in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War.
Kingdom in Crisis
Author: John LabandPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719035821
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Zulu-land
Author: Lewis GroutPublisher:
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Category : KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Encyclopedia of African History 3-Volume Set
Author: KEVIN SHILLINGTON.Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135456704
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1908
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The Other Zulus
Author: Michael R. MahoneyPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822353091
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A detailed history explaining how and why, in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, Africans from the British colony of Natal transformed their ethnic self-identification, constructing and claiming a new Zulu identity.
Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars
Author: John LabandPublisher: 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 Rough Guide to South Africa
Author: Barbara McCreaPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1848364334
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Presents a guide to places to stay, eat, explore, view wildlife, and play in South Africa with background information on the country and its culture and maps and photographs to help plan a trip.
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