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Industrialisation and Trade Union Organization in South Africa, 1924-1955(1st Edition)
The Rise and Fall of the South African Trades and Labour Council (African Studies)
by Jon E. Lewis, Lewis Andrew, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 258 Pages, Published 2011 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-31758-0, ISBN: 0-521-31758-4

"This major 1984 study of South African trade unionism traces the history of the South African Trades and Labour Council (TLC) from its origins in the 1920s to its demise in the early 1950s. The book focuses on South Africa's secondary industrialisation and subsequent changes in work organization. By analysing trade union structures and strategies Dr Lewis shows how divisions within the labour movement were bound up with the development ..."

The Politics of Harmony(1st Edition)
Land Dispute Strategies in Swaziland (African Studies)
by Laurel L. Rose, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Patrick Manning, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2006 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-02468-6, ISBN: 0-521-02468-4

"Laurel Rose analyzes how traditional ruling elites in Swaziland, as in other parts of Africa, use harmony ideologies to downplay and resolve land disputes. Such disputes could be used by foreign development agents or indigenous new elites as justification for implementing land tenure changes, including a reduction of traditional elites' power based upon land control. Swazi commoners accept the cultural value and legitimacy of most harmo ..."

Slaves, Freedmen and Indentured Laborers in Colonial Mauritius(1st Edition)
(African Studies)
by Richard Blair Allen, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Patrick Manning, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon
Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2006 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-02782-3, ISBN: 0-521-02782-9

"This social and economic history of the island of Mauritius, from French colonization in 1721 to the beginnings of modern political life in the mid-1930s, emphasizes the importance of domestic capital formation, particularly in the sugar industry. Describing changing relationships among different elements in the society, slave, free and maroon, and East Indian indentured populations, it shows how these were conditioned by demographic ch ..."

The Peasant Cotton Revolution in West Africa(1st Edition)
Côte d'Ivoire, 1880-1995 (African Studies)
by Thomas J. Bassett, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 2006 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-78883-0, ISBN: 0-521-78883-8

"The literature of Africa is dominated by accounts of crisis and gloom. But Thomas Bassett, a distinguished American geographer well known in the field of development, tells an unusual story of the growth of the cotton economy of West Africa. One of the few long-running success stories in African development, change was brought about by tens of thousands of small-scale peasant farmers. While the introduction of new strains of cotton in F ..."

Palm Oil and Protest(1st Edition)
An Economic History of the Ngwa Region, South-Eastern Nigeria, 1800-1980 (African Studies)
by Susan M. Martin, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Patrick Manning, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2006 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-02557-7, ISBN: 0-521-02557-5

"This study examines the interaction between growing palm oil export production and changes in Ngwa patterns of food production and family relations during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It challenges the arguments of both dependency and vent-for-surplus theorists on the dominance of export-sector developments and the importance of changes initiated by Europeans. Local patterns of export growth and capital investment are shown t ..."

Honour in African History
(African Studies)
by John Iliffe, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 430 Pages, Published 2005 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-54685-0, ISBN: 0-521-54685-0

"Molvaer, Reidulf K. (ed.) Prowess, piety and politics: the chronicle o/Abeto lyasu and Empress Zewditu of Ethiopia (1909-1930), recorded by Aleqa Gebre- lgziabiher Elyas. Cologne, 1994. Molvaer, Reidulf K. Socialization and social control in Ethiopia. Wiesbaden, 1995. Molvaer, Reidulf Knut. Tradition and change in Ethiopia: social and cultural life as reflected in Amharic fictional literature ca. 1930-1974. Leiden, 1980. Moodie, T. ..."

Black People and the South African War 1899-1902
(African Studies)
by Peter Warwick, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2004 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-27224-7, ISBN: 0-521-27224-6

"The South African War was a costly and bitterly contested struggle. It was fought in a region populated by five million people, four million of whom were black. This is the first history of the war to focus upon the wartime experiences of black people, and to examine the war in the context of a complex and rapidly changing colonial society increasingly shaped, but not yet transformed, by mining capital. The ways in which the war influen ..."

West African Slavery and Atlantic Commerce
The Senegal River Valley, 1700-1860 (African Studies)
by James F. Searing, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 2003 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-53452-9, ISBN: 0-521-53452-6

"West African societies were transformed by the slave trade, even in regions where few slaves were exported. While many books have been written on the import and export trade and on warrior predation, Dr Searing's concern is with the effects of the Atlantic slave trade on the societies of the Senegal river valley in the eighteenth century. He shows that the growth of the Atlantic trade stimulated the development of slavery within West Af ..."

Muslim Brotherhoods in Nineteenth-Century Africa(Updated)
(African Studies)
by Bradford G. Martin, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning, David Robinson
Paperback, 284 Pages, Published 2003 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-53451-2, ISBN: 0-521-53451-8

"The mystical and hierarchically organized brotherhoods, the sufi, were first formed in the twelfth century in Iraq, Iran, central Asia, and North Africa. These brotherhoods drew their members from all kinship groups and all classes and professions. By the end of the eighteenth century, however, the African orders were faced, as was the Muslim world in general, with the steady growth of European imperialism in the Near East, dramatically ..."

Ethnic Pride and Racial Prejudice in Victorian Cape Town(Updated)
(African Studies)
by Vivian Bickford-Smith, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2003 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-52639-5, ISBN: 0-521-52639-6

"Nineteenth-century Cape Town, the capital of the British Cape Colony, was conventionally regarded as a liberal oasis in an otherwise racist South Africa. Longstanding British influence was thought to mitigate the racism of the Dutch settlers and foster the development of a sophisticated and colour-blind English merchant class. Vivian Bickford-Smith skilfully interweaves political, economic and social analysis to show that the English me ..."

Abraham Esau's War(Updated)
A Black South African War in the Cape, 1899-1902 (African Studies)
by Bill Nasson, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2003 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-53059-0, ISBN: 0-521-53059-8

"The South African War 1899-1902 is no longer treated as 'a white man's war' by historians. Black South Africans were drawn into service by both sides, and the war affected the black communities in a variety of complex ways. Dr Nasson has written a closely focused regional study of the conflict in the Cape Colony, describing the dramatic participation of black people in the conduct of the war, and their subsequent exclusion from the fru ..."

H. C. Bankole-Bright and Politics in Colonial Sierra Leone, 1919-1958(Updated)
(African Studies)
by Akintola Wyse, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 292 Pages, Published 2003 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-53333-1, ISBN: 0-521-53333-3

"This substantial and thoroughly documented book is a political biography of an important figure in Sierra Leone. It is also a comment on two of the major themes of the country's history--the relations between the Colony (Krio Society) and the protectorate (the earlier inhabitants of the territory) and more importantly, the position of the imperial regime vis-à-vis its colonial subjects. The author, a Sierra Leonean and a Krio himself, s ..."

Salt of the Desert Sun(Updated)
A History of Salt Production and Trade in the Central Sudan (African Studies)
by Paul E. Lovejoy, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2003 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-52433-9, ISBN: 0-521-52433-4

"In this study of salt production and trade, Professor Lovejoy examines the interaction between ecology, technology and social structure as a means of analysing the organisation of the salt industry of the Sokoto Caliphate and Borno. By concentrating on the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Lovejoy is able to establish a base-line from which to interpret earlier changes in the salt trade and thereby assess the impact of poli ..."

The Shell Money of the Slave Trade(Updated)
(African Studies)
by Jan S. Hogendorn, Marion Beetham Johnson, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2003 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-54110-7, ISBN: 0-521-54110-7

"This study examines the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade. The shells were carried from the Maldives to the Mediterranean by Arab traders for further transport across the Sahara, and to Europe by competing Portuguese, Dutch, English and French traders for onward transport to the West African coast. In Africa they served to purchase the slaves exported to the New World, as well as other less s ..."

France and Islam in West Africa, 1860-1960(Updated)
(African Studies)
by Christopher Harrison, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 260 Pages, Published 2003 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-54112-1, ISBN: 0-521-54112-3

"This book is a major contribution to the social, political and intellectual history of the largest colonial state in Africa, the French West African Federation. By focusing on the specific subject of the development of French policy towards Islam, it sheds light on a wide range of issues, from the grand strategy of French imperialism to the psychology of individual administrators in isolated outposts of the empire. Christopher Harrison ..."

From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce(Updated)
The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa (African Studies)
by Robin Law, Robin Ed: Law, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 292 Pages, Published 2002 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-52306-6, ISBN: 0-521-52306-0

"This edited collection, written by leading specialists, deals with nineteenth-century commercial transition in West Africa: the ending of the Atlantic slave trade and development of alternative forms of "legitimate" trade. Approaching the subject from an African perspective, the case studies consider the effects of transition on the African societies involved, and provide new insights into the history of precolonial Africa and the slave ..."

Re-Imagining Rwanda(Updated)
Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century (African Studies)
by Johan Pottier, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Patrick Manning, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon
Paperback, 276 Pages, Published 2002 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-52873-3, ISBN: 0-521-52873-9

"The conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes in 1994-1996 attracted the horrified attention of the world's media, diplomats and aid workers struggling to make sense of the bloodshed. This study shows how the post-genocide regime in Rwanda managed to impose a simple, persuasive account of Central Africa's crises upon international commentators, and explains the ideological underpinnings of this official narrative. It is a sobering analysis ..."

The Kanyok of Zaire(Updated)
An Institutional and Ideological History to 1895 (African Studies)
by John C. Yoder, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2002 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-52310-3, ISBN: 0-521-52310-9

"John Yoder chronicles the history of the Kanyok, a people from the southern savanna of Zaire, from before 1500 until their incorporation into the Congo Free State in the 1890s. By analyzing their oral traditions, myths, and legends, the author describes the political and cultural development of a people who, before 1891, had no written records, and whose history has previously been confined to the stale recitation of wars and successio ..."

A South African Kingdom(Updated)
The Pursuit of Security in Nineteenth-Century Lesotho (African Studies)
by Elizabeth A. Eldredge, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2002 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-52304-2, ISBN: 0-521-52304-4

"The Basotho kingdom emerged and consolidated in the dramatic and dangerous environment of nineteenth-century South Africa. Elizabeth Eldredge explores its transition from chiefdom to kingdom to the British colony of Basutoland. She provides a rich description of local agriculture and craft industries, including an analysis of the roles of women in production and politics. Emphasizing the resourcefulness of the Basotho, the book describe ..."

Kings, Commoners and Concessionaires(Updated)
The Evolution and Dissolution of the Nineteenth-Century Swazi State (African Studies)
by Philip Bonner, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown, Michael Gomez, Leonardo Alfonso Villalon, Patrick Manning
Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2002 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-52300-4, ISBN: 0-521-52300-1

"This is the first full-length study of the political economy of one of the African states which were formed in the course of the nineteenth-century Zulu revolution. The early chapters examine the evolution of the Swazi state and the dynamics of its stratified systems, paying particular attention to the 'layering' of inequality through marriage and inheritance patterns, and the simultaneous integration of age regiments and the elaboratio ..."