A history of Mozambique

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A history of Mozambique

Malyn Newitt

Indiana University Press, c1995

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 615-637) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book summarizes five hundred years of the history of the societies that exist within the area that became Mozambique in 1891. It also takes the story up to the present, including the War of Liberation and Mozambique after independence. It is work of major scholarship that will appeal to experts and students alike.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments Glossary 1. The Mozambique Channel Region in the Sixteenth Century 2. The Interior South of the Zambesi in the Sixteenth Century 3. Mozambique North of the Zambesi to the Middle of the Seventeenth Centruy 4. The Portugues Conquest and the Loss of the High Veldt 5. Government of Mozambique 6. Afro-Portuguese Society and Town Life 7. Southern Mozambique 8. International Relations and Coastal Commerce, 1600-1800 9. The Gold Fairs 10. The Prazos 11. The Time of Troubles: Drought, the Slave Trade and the Nguni Invasions 12. Expansion in the Nineteenth Century 13. Zambesia and the Zambesi Wars 14. Mozambique and the Scramble for Africa, 1879-1891 15. Mozambique: the Making of the Colonial State 16. Mozambique under the Monarchy and the Republic 17. Mozambique and the New State 18. Labour Migration to South Africa and Southern Rhodesia 19. The War of Liberation 20. After Independence References Bibliography Index

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Details

  • NCID
    BA2627340X
  • ISBN
    • 0253340063
    • 0253340071
  • LCCN
    93007477
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Bloomington
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxii, 679 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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