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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dubow, Saul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
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
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