White Chief, Black Lords: Shepstone and the Colonial State in Natal, South Africa, 1845-1878

by Thomas V. McClendon

A study of colonial Natal, focused on the contradictions related to indirect rule, the legacy of which continues to inform the political and social climate of post-apartheid South Africa.

White Chief, Black Lords explores the tensions and contradictions between the British colonial civilizing mission and the practice of indirect rule. While the colonial imperative was to transform colonized societies and bring them within civilized norms, fiscal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158046341X
• ISBN13: 9781580463416
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"