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"Isabel Hofmeyr traces the relationship between print culture, colonialism, and the ocean through the institution of the late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British colonial custom houses, which acted as censors and pronounced on copyright and checked imported printed matter for piracy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hofmeyr, Isabel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Postcolonialism.
Politics and government.
Colonies > Administration.
British colonies.
Books and reading.
HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.
Marks of origin > Social aspects.
Copyright > Colonies > Great Britain.
Censorship > Colonies > Great Britain.
Books and reading > Colonies > Great Britain.
Customhouses > Colonies > Great Britain.
Customs inspection > Colonies > Great Britain.
South Africa > Cape of Good Hope.
Great Britain.
Africa.
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > Politics and government > 1910-1994.
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > Politics and government > 1872-1910.
Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > Administration.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Isabel Hofmeyr traces the relationship between print culture, colonialism, and the ocean through the institution of the late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British colonial custom houses, which acted as censors and pronounced on copyright and checked imported printed matter for piracy, sedition, or obscenity."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781478022367

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