Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and index.
1. Power in Theory and Practice -- 2. Transcripts of the Past: The BaSotho under Colonial Rule -- 3. Prelude to Rebellion: Pitsos, Magistrates, and the Imposition of Colonial Rule -- 4. The White Horse and the Jailhouse Key: Moorosi's Rebellion -- 5. Guns, Diplomacy, and Discourse: The Gun War -- 6. Hidden Discourse in the Public Transcript: Ceremony and Subversion -- 7. Lerotholi and "Masopha's War": The Colonial/Civil War of 1898 -- 8. Of Laws, Courts, and Chiefs: The Twentieth Century -- 9. Of Paramente and Power: Terror in Basutoland -- 10. Discourse and Subterfuge: Responses to Medicine Murder -- 11. Seeking Sovereignty and the Rule of Law