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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825935803321

Autore

Redding Sean

Titolo

Sorcery and sovereignty : taxation, power, and rebellion in South Africa, 1880-1963 / / Sean Redding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8214-4233-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

968.05

Soggetti

Blacks - South Africa - Politics and government - 19th century

Blacks - South Africa - Politics and government - 20th century

Taxation - Political aspects - South Africa - History

Government, Resistance to - South Africa - History

Witchcraft - Political aspects - South Africa - History

Power (Social sciences) - South Africa - History

South Africa Politics and government 1836-1909

South Africa Politics and government 1909-1948

South Africa Politics and government 1948-1961

South Africa Colonial influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-259) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 sorcery and the state -- 2 war and revenue -- 3 from rinderpest through influenza -- 4 governing the zulu by killing them -- 5 taxation and flaming pigs in the transkei, 1921-30 -- 6 legal minors and social children -- 7 government witchcraft -- 8 conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.