Book
Like lions they fought: the Zulu war and the last Black empire in South Africa
Free Press ; Collier Macmillan Publishers • New York • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Edgerton, Robert B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book describes in great detail the war between the British and the Zulus in 1879 in the region now known as the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. Edgerton explores the meaning of warfare for the different men involved in the fighting; how the British and Zulus experienced combat; why they fought so hard; why they sometimes ran; and how they felt about fighting and about one another (p. x). Although a number of clashes between the combatants are described in the text, emphasis is placed on the major battles fought at Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, and Gingindhlovu. Chapters 3 and 9 of this study, pp. 48-70 and 195-215 respectively, do not discuss the Zulu and have not been indexed for subjects.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Dance
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Military organization
- Discipline and morale
- Instigation of war
- Tactics
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Adolescent activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1961
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1879
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert B. Edgerton
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87036408
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)