Mozambique: The Africanization of a European Institution. The Zambesi Prazos, 1750-1902

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Author(s): Allen F. Isaacman
Edition: 1
Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
Year: 1972

Language: English
Commentary: double-paged scan
Pages: 260

Frontmatter
1 The African Background: Peoples and Polities of the Greater Zambesi to ca. 1700 (page 3)
2 The Process of Prazo Formation: An Historical Overview, ca. 1650 to ca. 1850 (page 17)
3 The Political Organization of the Prazos, 1750-1850 (page 24)
4 The Composition and Organization of Prazo Society, 1750-1850 (page 43)
5 The Economics of the Prazos: Production, 1750-1850 (page 64)
6 The Economics of the Prazos: Distribution, 1750-1850 (page 72)
7 The External Relations of the Prazos, 1750-1850 (page 95)
8 The General Decline of the Prazo System, 1800-1850 (page 114)
9 The Growth of Supra-Prazo Polities and Patterns of Resistance, 1850 to ca. 1900 (page 124)
10 Conclusion: An Overview of Zambesian History (page 154)
11 Postscript: A Note on the Transformation of the Prazos (page 159)
Appendix A: A Note on the Collection of Oral Data (page 167)
Appendix B: An Historiographical Note on the Prazos (page 172)
Notes (page 175)
Bibliography (page 238)
Index (page 253)