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Status and respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750-1870 : a tragedy of manners /
In a compelling example of the cultural history of South Africa, Robert Ross offers a subtle and wide-ranging study of status and respectability in the colonial Cape between 1750 and 1850. His 1999 book describes the symbolism of dress, emblems, architecture, food, language, and polite conventions,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Colección: | African studies series ;
98. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In a compelling example of the cultural history of South Africa, Robert Ross offers a subtle and wide-ranging study of status and respectability in the colonial Cape between 1750 and 1850. His 1999 book describes the symbolism of dress, emblems, architecture, food, language, and polite conventions, paying particular attention to domestic relationships, gender, education and religion, and analyses the values and the modes of thinking current in different strata of the society. He argues that these cultural factors were related to high political developments in the Cape, and offers a rich account of the changes in social identity that accompanied the transition from Dutch to British overrule, and of the development of white racism and of ideologies of resistance to white domination. The result is a uniquely nuanced account of a colonial society. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-195) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511008546 9780511008542 051103511X 9780511035111 9780521621229 0521621224 9780511497292 0511497296 9786610161775 6610161771 1280161779 9781280161773 0511303084 9780511303081 0511150679 9780511150678 0511116845 9780511116841 0511050356 9780511050350 1107114772 9781107114777 |