Kings, commoners, and concessionaires
Subtitle: the evolution and dissolution of the nineteenth-century Swazi state
By: Philip Bonner
Contributors: Ravan Press (Pty.) Ltd
Series: African studies series -- 31; African studies series -- 31.
Publisher: Ravan Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780869751503
Subjects: Politics and government; Swazi (African people); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-303) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The northern Nguni states 1700-1815; title: 3. The conquest state 1820-1838; title: 4. Factions and fissions: Mswati's early years; title: 5. The balance tilts: Swazi-Boer relations 1852-1865; title: 6. The deepening and widening of Dlamini power 1852-1865; title: 7. Regency and retreat 1865-1874; title: 8. Confederation, containment and conciliar rule: Mbandzeni's apprenticeship 1874-1881; title: 9. The puff-adder stirs: Mdandzeni and the beginnings of concessions 1881-1886; title: 10. The conquest by concessions 1886-1889; title: 11. Conclusion.