Table of Contents:
  • The African background: Peoples and polities of the greater Zambesi to ca. 1700
  • The process of Prazo formation: An historical overview, ca. 1650 to ca. 1850
  • The political organization of Prazo society, 1750-1850
  • The economics of the Prazos: Production, 1750-1850
  • The economics of the Prazos: Distribution, 1750-1850
  • The external relations of the Prazos, 1750-1850
  • The general decline of the Prazo system, 1800-1850
  • The growth of supra-Prazo polities and patterns of resistance, 1850 to ca. 1900
  • Conclusion: An overview of Zambesian history.