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Life under the Palms : The Sublime World of the Anti-colonialist Jacob Haafner /
Jacob Gotfried Haafner (1754-1809) was a writer of great talent, and an early dissenting voice from within the colonial enterprise. Haafner was orphaned in the Dutch East Indies, and lived in South Africa, Sri Lanka, India and Mauritius for more than 20 years. On his return to Europe he transformed...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
Ridge Books,
[2020]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- An introduction: Haafner's journeys
- ch. 1. A wandering existence
- ch. 2. Struggle for life
- ch. 3. Where can our soul shelter?
- ch. 4. Passion for India
- ch. 5. Languishing in Europe
- Postscript.