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White Chief, Black Lords

Shepstone and the Colonial State in Natal, South Africa, 1845-1878

By: Thomas V. McClendon

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White Chief, Black Lords

Shepstone and the Colonial State in Natal, South Africa, 1845-1878

By: Thomas V. McClendon

The man who would be Inkosi -- Witchcraft and statecraft -- You are what you eat up -- Guns, rain, and law -- From show trial to shallow reform.

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196

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University Rochester Press

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158046341X

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9781580463416

The Work of Repair

Capacity after Colonialism in the Timber Plantations of South Africa

By: Thomas Cousins

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The Work of Repair

Capacity after Colonialism in the Timber Plantations of South Africa

By: Thomas Cousins

In the timber plantations in northeastern South Africa, laborers work long hours among tall, swaying lines of eucalypts, on land once theirs. In 2008, at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, timber corporations distributed hot cooked meals as a nutrition intervention to bolster falling productivity and profits. But life and sustenance are about much more than calories and machinic bodies. What is at stake is the nurturing of capacity across all domains of life—physical, relational, cosmological—in the form of amandla. An Nguni word meaning power, strength or capacity, amandla organizes ordinary concerns with one’s abilities to earn a wage, to strengthen one’s body, and to take care of others; it describes the potency of medicines and sexual vitality; and it captures a history of anti-colonial and anti-apartheid struggle for freedom. The ordinary actions coordinated by and directed at amandla do not obscure the wounding effects of plantation labor or the long history of racial oppression, but rather form the basis of what the Algerian artist Kader Attia calls repair. In this captivating ethnography, Cousins examines how amandla, as the primary material of the work of repair, anchors ordinary scenes of living and working in and around the plantations. As a space of exploitation that enables the global paper and packaging industry to extract labor power, the plantation depends on the availability of creative action in ordinary life to capitalize on bodily capacity. The Work of Repair is a fine-grained exploration of the relationships between laborers in the timber plantations of KwaZulu-Natal, and the historical decompositions and reinventions of the milieu of those livelihoods and lives. Offering a fresh approach to the existential, ethical and political stakes of ethnography from and of late liberal South Africa, the book attends to urgent questions of postapartheid life: the fate of employment; the role of the state in providing welfare and access to treatment; the regulation of popular curatives; the queering of kinship; and the future of custom and its territories. Through detailed descriptions, Cousins explicates the important and fragile techniques that constitute the work of repair: the effort to augment one’s capacity in a way that draws on, acknowledges, and reimagines the wounds of history, keeping open the possibility of a future through and with others.

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228

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Fordham Univ Press

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1531503551

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9781531503550

The Supreme Court Compendium

Data, Decisions, and Developments

By: Lee Epstein,Jeffrey A. Segal,Harold J. Spaeth,Thomas G. Walker

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The Supreme Court Compendium

Data, Decisions, and Developments

By: Lee Epstein,Jeffrey A. Segal,Harold J. Spaeth,Thomas G. Walker

The Supreme Court Compendium provides historical and statistical information on the Supreme Court: its institutional development; caseload; decision trends; the background, nomination, and voting behavior of its justices; its relationship with public, governmental, and other judicial bodies; and its impact. With over 180 tables and figures, this new edition is intended to capture the full retrospective picture through the 2013-2014 term of the Roberts Court and the momentous decisions handed down within the last four years, including United States v. Windsor, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, and Shelby County v. Holder.

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833

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CQ Press

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148337663X

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9781483376639

Handbook on Insurance Coverage Disputes

By: Barry R. Ostrager,Thomas R. Newman

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Handbook on Insurance Coverage Disputes

By: Barry R. Ostrager,Thomas R. Newman

In todayand’s insurance coverage litigation environment, the practitioner who needs to determine what isand—and is notand—covered under various policy provisions is up against some formidable challenges. Literally thousands of cases on insurance issues find their way into courtrooms every year, and the decisions can be as difficult to decipher as they are to track. Find the authoritative guidance you need with Ostrager and Newmanand’s Handbook on Insurance Coverage Disputes. This three-volume resource helps you quickly and easily pinpoint detailed analysis of lead cases in key jurisdictions, provides excerpts from standard insurance policies, including critical commentary on key provisions, and offers insights into planning and implementation of successful litigation strategies. Ostrager and Newmanand’s Handbook on Insurance Coverage Disputes, Seventeenth Edition addresses todayand’s critical coverage issues, such as: The Insurerand’s Duty to Defend Trigger and Scope of Occurrence-Based Coverage Bad Faith and Wrongful Refusal to Settle Property Insurance Rights and Obligations of Co-Insurers Insurability of Punitive Damages Excess Insurance and Analysis of Pollution Exclusions Directors and Officers Coverage Employee Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Claims Make the Handbook on Insurance Coverage Disputes your one-stop source for the current state of the law on: The effect of a reservation of rights letter...disclaimer and denials of coverage The rules governing all aspects of giving notice of a claim including mechanics of language and timelines Effect of misrepresentations and omissions in insurance applications Reverse bad faith and contributory bad faith Reinsurance The legal issues presented in litigation involving hazardous waste and environmental cleanup Coverage provided by general liability insurance, including personal injury and advertising injury coverage Rules for apportioning the cost of defense among insurers

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Wolters Kluwer

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1454844191

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9781454844198

Genders and Generations Apart

Labor Tenants and Customary Law in Segregation-era South Africa, 1920s to 1940s

By: Thomas V. McClendon

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Genders and Generations Apart

Labor Tenants and Customary Law in Segregation-era South Africa, 1920s to 1940s

By: Thomas V. McClendon

This book explores the intersections of labor tenancy and African customary law with the tensions of gender and generation, focusing on the province of Natal.

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James Currey Publishers

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0325071101

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9780325071107

Book's by Thomas V. McClendon

White Chief, Black Lords

White Chief, Black Lords

The Work of Repair

The Work of Repair

The Supreme Court Compendium

The Supreme Court Compendium

Handbook on Insurance Coverage Disputes

Handbook on Insurance Coverage Disputes

Genders and Generations Apart

Genders and Generations Apart

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