Of Revelation and Revolution, Volume 2: The Dialectics of Modernity on a South African Frontier

by Jean Comaroff, John L. Comaroff, John L. Comaroff

Book Overview

In the second of a proposed three-volume study, John and Jean Comaroff continue their exploration of colonial evangelism and modernity in South Africa. Moving beyond the opening moments of the encounter between the British Nonconformist missions and the Southern Tswana peoples, Of Revelation and Revolution, Volume II, explores the complex transactions--both epic and ordinary--among the various dramatis personae along this colonial frontier...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226114430
• ISBN13: 9780226114439
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 612 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"