The Development of the Swazi Labour Market, 1900-1968
Author: Alan R. Booth
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 17
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Author: Alan R. Booth
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 17
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jonathan Crush
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 1987-11-01
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0773561188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough the results of colonial expansion have been described in other general studies of the region, this is the first book to take a close look at the case of the Swazi in Swaziland. Jonathan Crush shows that while the Swazi experienced many of the classic problems of underdevelopment, there were also a number of significant differences. For example, traditional relationships between chiefs and commoners showed much greater resilience than elsewhere. This considerably affected the pace and nature of Swaziland's incorporation into South Africa's notorious migrant labour system. As well, because of the country's proximity to a number of alternative labour markets, the Swazi had a greater choice of employment than did many other groups in the region. Crush shows how the Swazi were able to use the system to their own advantage and how this helped shape the patterns of early Swazi migrancy. The Struggle for Swazi Labour examines the changing nature of the Swazi migrant labour force, the spatial patterns and temporal rhythms of migration, and the emergence of the Witwatersrand as the dominant, though by no means exclusive, employer of Swazi labour. It also shows how the local history of white settlement and land alienation influenced the manner in which the Swazi were subordinated to foreign economic and political control. The book fills an important gap in the history of Swaziland and in the economic history of the south African region as a whole. It will be helpful to anyone wishing to understand the pre-eminence of traditional personalities and institutions in contemporary Swaziland, and to those seeking an explanation for South African economic domination of the surrounding countries. Its comparative perspective makes it valuable to a wide range of scholars with interests in the social and economic development of southern Africa, as well as to labour and social historians, rural economists, and economic geographers.
Author: Jonathan Crush
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780773505698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe period 1890 - 1920 was characterized by the increasing domination of white over black in southern Africa and the associated expansion of a regional capitalist economy. Many largely self-sufficient African societies became heavily dependent on migrant wage labour and purchased food. These changes, together with the alienation of land for white settlement, transformed rural society, greatly accelerating the impoverishment of most Africans.
Author: Bongi Sikhondze
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 9
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-06-26
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 100031376X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book describes the basis of Swazi traditional life and examines how modern values are influencing change. It focuses on Hilda Kuper's original study and subsequent analyses to describe that traditional society.
Author: Z.A. Konczacki
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-01-14
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1135199019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 1990. Volume Two of Studies of Economic History of South Africa, looks at the Lesotho and Swaziland regions. The unfolding history and historiography of Southern Africa pose profound challenges for both analysis and praxis in the last decade of the twentieth century. These challenges are reflected in the range of investigations and contradictions, some of which are treated here, which together constitute an intellectual and political conjuncture. This collection of studies deals with the countries which were not included in the companion book on the economic history of the Front- Line States. Most of the space in the present volume is devoted to South Africa, primarily because of its importance to the region but also because contributions to the economic history of that country in English are very extensive as compared to the other states of Southern Africa.
Author: Bill Paton
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1994-12-19
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1349134996
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book's broad theme is that the evolution of the power to control labour flows among different territorial jurisdictions was of major importance in the formation of a system of states. Labour export policy in eight countries in Southern Africa is examined over roughly the century 1890-1990 in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The proportion of the total population absent working in another country is graphed for each, and combined, over the same period.
Author: Peter G. Forster
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-05-08
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 1351750267
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title was first published in 2000: Up-to-date information on socio-economic issues in contemporary Swaziland is not always readily accessible. This work fills that gap, by including contributions by Swazi scholars, based on recent research. Swaziland is of particular interest because of its culture and development, the special characteristics of small states and regional development in Southern Africa. Swaziland faces some problems found generally in developing areas but others are distinctive. The cultural dimension to development is paid close attention throughout.
Author: Fion De Vletter
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 350
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 254
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