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This collection of essays significantly refines the way we think about state and society in the British Southern Africa of the 19th and 20th centuries, from the conquest of the Transkei and Natal to contemporary Botswana and Zimbabwe. The essays embody a range of disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, history, and historical sociology. Yet they share a set of theoretical and empirical concerns united by an interesting understanding the culture of power—and the power of culture—at Africa's southern tip.

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Contents

Introduction, Clifton Crais
Conquest, State Formation, and the Subaltern Imagination in Rural South Africa, Clifton Crais
Coercion and Conversation: African Voices in the Making of Customary Law in Natal, Thom McClendon
Reclamation, Resistance, and "Betterment" in the Zululand Reserves, Aran MacKinnon
Native Administration and the Transition from Segregation to Apartheid, Ivan Evans
Witchcraft, Chiefs, and the State in the Northern Tansval, 1920-30, Tim Lane
Passports and Persons: Displacing State Power Across Southern Africa, Deborah Durham
Tyranny, Parody, and Ethnic Polarity: Ritual Engagements with the State in Northwestern Zimbabwe, Eric Worby
Bibliography
Index