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- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Orthography
- I. Beginnings
- 1. Establishing the Cedarberg
- 2. Establishing Frontiers
- II. Terms of Contest
- 3. Traces in the Landscape
- 4. Traces of Community
- III. Mechanics of Conquest
- 5. Kinship and Identity: A van der Merwe Story
- 6. Domesticating the Cedarberg: A Burger Family Story
- 7. Property and Community on Display: A Lubbe Family Auction
- 8. Caabwaards: A Tale of Camphers and van Wyks
- IV. Endings
- 9. Imposing Orthodoxy on the Frontier, or Why Endings Matter
- 10. Celebrating the Cedarberg's Stories