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1890-1920 JONATHAN CRUSH * - The Struggle for Swazi Labour, i8go—ig20 JONATHAN CRUSH McGm-Queen’s University Press Kingston and Montreal © McGill-Queen’s University Press 1987 isbn 0-7735-0569-5 Legal deposit 4th quarter 1987 Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec Printed in Canada This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Social Science Federation of Canada, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Crush, Jonathan Scott, 1953- The struggle for Swazi labour, 1890-1920 Bibliography: p. Includes index. isbn 0-7735-0569-5 1. Swaziland — Economic conditions. 2. Swaziland — Social conditions. 3. Social structure — Swaziland. 4. Swaziland - Relations — South Africa. 5. South Africa — Relations — Swaziland. I. Title. HC925.C78 1987 330.968C302 C87-093740-5 Cover Drawing of Swazi regiment tilling royal fields, 1890s. Royal village in the middle background. Courtesy Swaziland Archives. All photographs are from the Swaziland Archives except for those from the institutions noted below: barlow rand: mine workers at Boksburg JOHANNESBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY AFRICANA MUSEUM: Swazi regiment on the march; tin miners; ox-drawn wagon KILLIE CAMPBELL AFRICANA LIBRARY: Swazi men dressing hides For Linda, Claire, and Genevieve \ I I \ Contents Figures ix Tables xi Preface xiii Abbreviations xvii Glossary of Swazi Terms xix Illustrations xx INTRODUCTION 3 PART ONE SWAZILAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 1 Homesteads, Chiefs, and Kings 13 2 Cattle, Capital, and Commodity Production 33 PART TWO MINES AND MIGRANTS 3 Coercion, Co-optation, and Taxation 51 4 Rulers, Regiments, and Recruiters 66 5 Traders, Runners, and Recruits 90 6 Brewers, Workers, and the Local Mines 116 PART THREE LAND AND LABOUR 7 Land, Labour, and the Settler-Estate 131 8 Policy, Partition, and Protest 155 9 Landlords, Tenants, and Farm Workers 167 10 Continuity, Conflict, and Change 189 viii Contents CONCLUSION 201 Appendixes 217 Notes 225 Bibliography 271 Index 285
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