Introduction
The Rise and Fall of the Basotho Nation
The Formation of the Basotho Nation, 1820s-1870s
The Loss of Economic Independence, 1870s-1890s
British Trading Monopoly and the Liberation Struggle
Colonial Commerce, 1870s-1930s
Basotho in Colonial Commerce, 1900s-1966
The Political Struggle for Reform of Trade, 1900s-1966
Lesotho's Postcolonial Counter-Revolution and Resistance to It
The Developmental State and Lesotho's Counter-Revolution, 1966-1986
The Military Dictatorship and the Neoliberal Turn, 1986-2010s
Business Politics and the Collapse of the Congress, 2000s-2020
The Rise of a Chinese Trading Monopoly and of Mobile Money, 2000s-2020
Conclusion. Commerce as Politics.