Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948

di Paul S. Landau (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2013

Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400-1948 offers an inclusive vision of South Africa's past. Drawing largely from original sources, Paul Landau presents a history of the politics of the country's people, from the time of their early settlements in the elevated heartlands, through the colonial era, to the dawn of Apartheid. A practical tradition of mobilization, alliance, and amalgamation persisted, mutated, and occasionally vanished from view; it survived against the odds in several forms, in tribalisms, Christian assemblies, and other, seemingly hybrid movements; and it continues today. Landau treats southern Africa broadly, concentrating increasingly on the southern Highveld and ultimately focusing on a transnational movement called the 'Samuelites'. He shows how people's politics in South Africa were suppressed and transformed, but never entirely eliminated.

• Autore: Paul S. Landau
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Anno: 2013
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 318 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 490 gr.
• EAN: 9781107614413

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