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Hidden Histories of Gordonia
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Acknowledgements; Acronyms and abbreviations; Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1 The prehistory of Gordonia; Chapter 2 The Baster settlement of Gordonia and its decline; Chapter 3 The will of Abraham and Elizabeth September: a struggle for land in Gordonia, 1898-2014; Chapter 4 From prisoners to exhibits: representations of Bushmen of the northern Cape, 1880-1900; Chapter 5 South African human remains and the politics of repatriation: reconsidering the legacy of Rudolf Poch; Chapter 6 The early history of the brown Afrikaners in Riemvasmaak; Chapter 7 The battle of Naroegas; Chapter 8 The Marengo rebellion and Riemvasmaak, 1903-1907; Chapter 9 The racial division of Gordonia, 1921-1930; Chapter 10 Keidebees and Blikkies locations, Upington, 1894-1974; Chapter 11 'All my powers have been swallowed by Upington': the life and times of Alfred Gubula; References; Index.

About the Author

Martin Legassick (1940 – 2016) was Emeritus Professor of History at the University of the Western Cape. A historian, activist and author, his publications include The struggle for the Eastern Cape, 1800–1854: subjugation and the roots of South African democracy (2011) and The politics of a South African frontier: the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780–1840 (2010).

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"This is a magnum opus, summing up a quarter century of research by one of the most senior and important South African historians." - Neil Parsons, former professor of history, University of Botswana. "There are few areas in South Africa that are like Gordonia. It is to Legassick's great credit that he recognised this, but nevertheless makes the history of the country's major area of desert part of South Africa's totality. It is a major achievement and an important book." - Robert Ross, historian and author of The Borders of Race in Colonial South Africa: The Kat River Settlement, 1829-1856

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