Belongings: The Fight for Land and Food

by Laura Mitchell and Sally Miller

Laura J. Mitchell concentrates on the contested dynamics of land tenure in the Cedarberg region of the Western Cape, from the first settler land claim of 1725 to the entrenchment of colonial administration in the 1830s. Based on a decade of research, Mitchell focuses on the conflict between Dutch East India Company officials, settlers, indigenous Khoisan, and Indian-Ocean slaves, detailing the ways in which settlers themselves--rather than Company...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231142528
• ISBN13: 9780231142526
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher