Fixity and fluidity: Chiefly authority and settlement movement in colonial Botswana

History and Anthropology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-365

  Morton, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botswana (Bechuanaland protectorate); Colonialism; Landscape; Power; Settlement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644836749     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0275720042000298688     Document Type: Article

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