Colonial survey and native landscapes in rural South Africa, 1850-1913 : the politics of divided space in the Cape and Transvaal / by Lindsay Frederick Braun.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-399) and index.
Contents
Introduction: the construction of colonial terrritory -- PART 1. Imagining lands without chiefs. Redefining land and location in the Eastern Cape -- "Cut into little bits": engineering social order -- Survey and mediation in Fingoland -- PART 2. Locating the enduring kingdom. The notional republic. "Before, the entire land was ramabulana" -- The Fall and Rise of Mphephu -- Objections and objectives: SANAC, the Tsewu case, and the land act.
Note
Resource, viewed September 29, 2020.
Summary
"In Colonial Survey and Native Landscapes in Rural South Africa, 1850 - 1913, Lindsay Frederick Braun explores the technical processes and struggles surrounding the creation and maintenance of boundaries and spaces in South Africa in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."--Publisher's description
