Andrew Manson

The 'Valiant Englishman'

Christopher Bethell, Montshiwa's Barolong and the Bechuanaland Wars, 1878-1886

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Produktbeschreibung

This book describes the career of an English aristocrat, Christopher Bethell.The book is a reminder that, in the authorâ s words, "past relations between South Africaâ s different races were characterised as much by collusion and collaboration as they were by hostility, friction and dissent."

Produktdetails

• Routledge/UNISA Press Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 110
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9781032434544
• ISBN-10: 1032434546
• Artikelnr.: 66270032

Autorenporträt

Andrew Manson is research Fellow at University of South Africa. Previously he was a Research Professor in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at North West University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Setting the Scene: 'Bundled off to the Cape' 2. The Barolong and Crisis
in the Cis-Molopo 3. Bethell with the Ratshidi-Barolong, 1879-1880 4. The
Looming Misery: The First Anglo-Boer War, 1880-1881 5. The Freebooters in
Bechuanaland Wars 6. The First Siege of Mafikeng, January-October 1882 7.
'Canon's Mouth': Surrender and a Peace Treaty 8. The Boer Republic of
Goshen 9. The Northern Batswana Alliance 10. Christopher Bethell's Marriage
and Kgosi Montshiwa, 1883-1884 11. Reverend John Mackenzie: Towards British
Protection 12. Ntwa ya Tigele:The Battle of Tigele, 30 July 1884 13. The
Consequences of Bethell's Death 14. Establishing a Crown Colony: The Warren
Expedition of 1885 15. Bethell's Death in Historical Context 16. The
'Valiant Englishman'