Guns, race, and power in colonial South Africa
By: William Kelleher Storey.
Series: African studies -- 109
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780521885096
Subjects: Imperialism -- History; Technology transfer -- South Africa -- History; Firearms -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- History; Firearms -- Political aspects -- South Africa -- History; Firearms -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- History; Political culture -- South Africa -- History; South Africa -- History -- To 1836; South Africa -- History -- 1836-1909; South Africa -- Colonization; South Africa -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Guns in colonial South African history; title: Early colonialism and guns at the Cape up to 1795; title: Guns, conflict, and political culture along the eastern frontier, 1795-1840; title: Hunting, warfare, and guns along the northern frontier, 1795-1868; title: Capitalism, race, and breechloaders, 1840-1880; title: Guns and the Langalibalele affair, 1873-1875; title: Guns and confederation, 1875-1876; title: Risk, skill, and citizenship in the eastern Cape, 1876-1879; title: Guns, empire, and political culture in Basutoland, 1867-1878; title: The origins of the Cape-Sotho Gun War, 1879-1880.