Namibia Under South African Rule: Mobility and Containment,1915-46 FROM THE PUBLISHER
The peoples of Namibia have been on the move throughout history. The South Africans took over from the Germans in 1915 in trying to fit them into a colonial landscape. This book is about the clashes and stresses which resulted from the determined efforts at containment during the first three decades of South African colonial rule.
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Examines the mobility of native communities in Namibia during the period, colonial efforts at containment, and forms of resistance during the first three decades of South African colonization. Subjects include the effectiveness of the colonizers' legislation, the Herero community in central Namibia, the creation and survival of pastoral economies, and the effects of famine on gender, class, race, and labor relations. Based on an August 1994 conference. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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