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| The “Shepstone System” in the Colony of Natal and Beyond the Borders N Etherington Natal and Zululand from earliest times to, 170-92, 1910 | 65 | 1910 |
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| Missionaries and the intellectual history of Africa: a historical survey N Etherington Itinerario 7 (2), 116-143, 1983 | 47 | 1983 |
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| The Definitive She: a Critical Edition of H. Rider Haggard's Victorian Romance with Introduction and Notes N Etherington Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991 | 40 | 1991 |
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