Allison K. Shutt
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Also affiliated: University of Zimbabwe (2004)
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Allison K. Shutt's research focuses on the history of Southern Africa, particularly examining the dynamics of power, land, and societal structures within the region. Her work delves into the historical periods of Northeastern Zimbabwe, from approximately 1560 to 1960, and broader analyses of white societies in Southern Africa between the 1930s and 1990s. Shutt has published on topics including the intersection of society, power, and land tenure in Zimbabwe and has contributed to edited volumes that re-examine the complexities of white settler societies in Southern Africa. Her scholarship has been recognized with an h-index of 7 and has garnered 157 citations across 36 publications. She is an active scholar, with recent publications and a recently active status.
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- h-index: 7
- Publications: 37
- Citations: 157
Selected Publications
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Admire Mseba. <i>Society, Power, and Land in Northeastern Zimbabwe, ca. 1560–1960</i> (2025)
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L<scp>uise</scp> W<scp>hite</scp>. <i>Fighting and Writing: The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar</i>. (2021)
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Duncan Money and Danelle van Zly-Hermann, eds. Rethinking White Societies in Southern Africa 1930s–1990s. Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Africa. New York: Routledge, 2020. v + 242 pp. Bibliography. Index. $160. Cloth. Free Open Access. ISBN: 978-0367376420. (2021)
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<b><i>Community building and belonging in Southern Rhodesia’s purchase areas</i></b> (2020)
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George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane. The Struggle over State Power in Zimbabwe: Law and Politics since 1950. (2019)
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Writing Jasper Savanhu’s biography from his awkward self-narratives (2019)
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Christopher J. Lee. Unreasonable Histories: Nativism, Multiracial Lives, and the Genealogical Imagination in British Africa. Radical Perspectives: A Radical History Review. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014. xvii + 368 pp. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. $26.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-0-8223-5725-4. (2018)
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‘I TOLD HIM I WAS LENNOX NJOKWENI’: HONOR AND RACIAL ETIQUETTE IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA (2010)
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‘The Natives Are Getting Out of Hand’: Legislating Manners, Insolence and Contemptuous Behaviour in Southern Rhodesia, c. 1910–1963* (2007)
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<i>Hunting for Development: People, Land and Wildlife in Southern Zimbabwe</i>. By P<scp>ER</scp> Z<scp>ACHRISSON</scp>. Göteborg: University of Göteborg, 2004. Pp. v+277. No price given (ISBN 91-628-6329-0). (2006)
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AFRICAN MIDDLE-CLASS STRATEGIES IN COLONIAL ZIMBABWE <i>The Rise of an African Middle Class: Colonial Zimbabwe, 1898–1965</i>. By M<scp>ICHAEL</scp> O. W<scp>EST</scp>. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. Pp. xv+324. $49.95 (ISBN 0-253-34085-3); $22.95, paperback (ISBN 0-253-21524-2). (2004)
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THE SETTLERS' CATTLE COMPLEX: THE ETIQUETTE OF CULLING CATTLE IN COLONIAL ZIMBABWE, 1938 (2002)
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SQUATTERS, LAND SALES AND INTENSIFICATION IN MARIRANGWE PURCHASE AREA, COLONIAL ZIMBABWE, 1931–65 (2002)
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Producing Women and Progress in Zimbabwe: Narratives of Identity and Work from the 1980s (2001)