Imagining the Cape Colony : history, literature, and the South African nation /

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Examines literatures and histories of the Cape in relation to postcolonial debates about nationalism. How the Cape Colony was imagined as a political community is examined by considering a variety of writers, from major European literati and intellectuals (Camões, Southey, Rousseau, Adam Smith), to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Johnson, David, 1962 May 20-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Nationalism > South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > History > 18th century.
Nationalism > South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > History > 19th century.
Nationalisme > Afrique du Sud > Le Cap (Province) > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Nationalisme > Afrique du Sud > Le Cap (Province) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Africa > South > General.
HISTORY > Africa > South > Republic of South Africa.
HISTORY / Africa / General
Nationalism
Politics and government
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > History > 1795-1872.
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > Politics and government > 1795-1872.
Le Cap (Afrique du Sud : Province) > Histoire > 1795-1872.
Le Cap (Afrique du Sud : Province) > Politique et gouvernement > 1795-1872.
South Africa > Cape of Good Hope
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Remembering the Khoikhoi victory over Dom Francisco de Almeida at the Cape in 1510 : Luís de Camões and Robert Southey
  • French representations of the Cape 'Hottentots' : Jean Tavernier, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and François Levaillant
  • The Scottish enlightenment and colonial governance : Adam Smith, John Bruce and Lady Anne Barnard
  • African land for the American empire : John Adams, Benjamin Stout and Robert Semple
  • Historical and literary reiterations of Dutch settler Republicanism
  • Literature and Cape slavery
  • History and the Griqua nation : Andries Waterboer and Hendrick Hendricks.

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