A commonwealth of knowledge : science, sensibility, and white South Africa, 1820-2000 /

This is the first full study of the relationship of knowledge to national identity formation in modern South Africa. It explores how the cultivation of knowledge served to support white political ascendancy and claims to nationhood. Elegantly written and wide ranging, the book addresses major themes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dubow, Saul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
Temas:
1800-1999
White people > Race identity > South Africa.
National characteristics, South African.
Nationalism > South Africa > History.
Power (Social sciences) > South Africa > History.
Science > Social aspects > South Africa > History.
Science > Political aspects > South Africa > History.
Sud-Africains.
Nationalisme > Afrique du Sud > Histoire.
Sciences > Aspect social > Afrique du Sud > Histoire.
Sciences > Aspect politique > Afrique du Sud > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Intellectual life
National characteristics, South African
Nationalism
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
Race relations
Science > Political aspects
Science > Social aspects
White people > Race identity
South Africa > Race relations.
South Africa > Politics and government > 19th century.
South Africa > Politics and government > 20th century.
South Africa > Intellectual life.
Afrique du Sud > Relations raciales.
Afrique du Sud > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
Afrique du Sud > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
South Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This is the first full study of the relationship of knowledge to national identity formation in modern South Africa. It explores how the cultivation of knowledge served to support white political ascendancy and claims to nationhood. Elegantly written and wide ranging, the book addresses major themes in both South African and comparative imperial historiography. - ;A Commonwealth of Knowledge addresses the relationship between social and scientific thought, colonial identity, and political power in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Africa. It hinges on the tension between colonial knowled.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-290) and index.
ISBN:9780191516344
0191516341
9781429459532
1429459530
9786610845255
6610845255
1280845252
9781280845253

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