• Agrarian class struggle and the South African War; the restoration of class rule in the countryside; mutations in the agrarian order; the agrarian class structure of the post-war Transvall; the struggle over tax; struggles over land and labour. Appendices: the size of the black agrarian working classes on private property in the early 20th century Transvaal; wage-rates for black farm-workers in the early 20th century Transvaal.

'thoroughly researched and well written ... It provides valuable insights on how ordinary folk reacted to the political changes taking place around them and shows how fragile was the Boer hold upon much of the land in the aftermath of their defeat. 'Stuart Jones, University of South Africa, African Affairs

• Agrarian class struggle and the South African War; the restoration of class rule in the countryside; mutations in the agrarian order; the agrarian class structure of the post-war Transvall; the struggle over tax; struggles over land and labour. Appendices: the size of the black agrarian working classes on private property in the early 20th century Transvaal; wage-rates for black farm-workers in the early 20th century Transvaal.

'thoroughly researched and well written ... It provides valuable insights on how ordinary folk reacted to the political changes taking place around them and shows how fragile was the Boer hold upon much of the land in the aftermath of their defeat. 'Stuart Jones, University of South Africa, African Affairs

• Agrarian class struggle and the South African War; the restoration of class rule in the countryside; mutations in the agrarian order; the agrarian class structure of the post-war Transvall; the struggle over tax; struggles over land and labour. Appendices: the size of the black agrarian working classes on private property in the early 20th century Transvaal; wage-rates for black farm-workers in the early 20th century Transvaal.

'thoroughly researched and well written ... It provides valuable insights on how ordinary folk reacted to the political changes taking place around them and shows how fragile was the Boer hold upon much of the land in the aftermath of their defeat. 'Stuart Jones, University of South Africa, African Affairs