A South African Kingdom: The Pursuit of Security in Nineteenth Century Lesotho

Introduction 2. Settlement and trade patterns before 1830 3. Political consolidation and the rise of Moshoeshoe in the 1820s 4. The land of the Basotho: the geographic extent of Moshoeshoe's authority, 1824-64 5. The European intrusion and the competition for land, 1834-68 6. Food and politics: feasts and famines 7. The rise and decline of craft specialization 8. The allocation of labor, 1830-1910 9. The local exchange of goods and services, 1839-1910 10. Women, reproduction, and production 11. The Basotho and the rise of the regional European market, 1830-1910 12. The colonial imposition and the failure of the local economy, 1871-1910 13. Economy, politics, migrant labor and gender 14. In pursuit of security Appendix Note on oral sources.