Prophets of Rebellion: Millenarian Protest Movements against the European Colonial Order

Abstract

Preface to the paperback edition Foreword by Philip D. Curtin Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Contexts for five rebellions 2. Causes for revolt: colonial transformations and relative deprivation 3. An absence of alternatives 4. Prophets and millenarian visions 5. Toward violence: abortive repression and the rise of secondary leaders 6. Mobilisation: symbol and ritual, talisman and sympathetic magic 7. Rebellion, suppression and impact 8. Prophetic rebellion as a type of social protest Notes Bibliography Index.