Settler Colonialism and Land Rights in South Africa: Possession and Dispossession on the Orange River
Edward Cavanagh
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Hardcover. This local history of Griqua Philippolis (1824-1862) and Afrikaner Orania (1990-2013) gets at the crux of the ever-pertinent land question in South Africa. Identifying the many layers of dispossession definitive of the South African past, the book presents a provocative new argument about land rights and the residues of settler colonialism. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 maps, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
This local history of Griqua Philippolis (1824-1862) and Afrikaner Orania (1990-2013) gets at the crux of the ever-pertinent land question in South Africa. Identifying the many layers of dispossession definitive of the South African past, the book presents a provocative new argument about land rights and the residues of settler colonialism.
This local history of Griqua Philippolis (1824-1862) and Afrikaner Orania (1990-2013) gets at the crux of the ever-pertinent land question in South Africa. Identifying the many layers of dispossession definitive of the South African past, the book presents a provocative new argument about land rights and the residues of settler colonialism.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137305763
SKU
V9781137305763
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99-15
About Edward Cavanagh
Edward Cavanagh is currently scholar-in-residence at the University of Ottawa, Canada, courtesy of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. He is the co-founder of the journal Settler Colonial Studies, and has published in the fields of law and history.
Reviews for Settler Colonialism and Land Rights in South Africa: Possession and Dispossession on the Orange River
'Settler Colonialism and Land Rights in South Africa has the feel of a publication designed to open, rather than resolve, a scholarly debate. It outlines a new potential interpretation of the relationship between precolonial and postcolonial South Africa...It raises possibilities regarding indigeneity and rights that remain intensely controversial in South African politics and popular culture. At ... Read more