The politics of a South African frontier
Subtitle: the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840
By: Martin Chatfield Legassick ; introduction by Robert Ross
Publisher: Basler Afrika Bibliographien
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basel
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9783905758146
Subjects: Griquas; Missions; Sotho (African people); Tswana (African people); History; Politics and government
Notes: "This book publishes the dissertation by Martin Legassick, originally submitted to the University of California at Los Angeles in 1969"--T.p. verso. Dissertation entitled: The Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 : the politics of a frontier zone.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-371) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Sotho-Tswana people before 1800; title: The evolution of a frontier society, 1700-1775; title: The frontier zone and colonial policy, c. 1770-1815; title: The development of the Griqua state, 1800-1820; title: The frontier zone in Transorangia, 1800-1820; title: The Griqua and the colonial government, 1815-1826; title: Dislocation in Transorangia, 1820-1826 - The new balance of power, 1826-1832; title: John Philip, Robert Moffat, and the Griqua, 1819-1832; title: Griqua expansionism, I: Andreis Waterboer in Transorangia, 1832-1836; title: Griqua expansionism, II: church and state at Griquatown and Philippolis, 1836-1842; title: The decline of Griqua hegemony; title: Conclusion.