1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996396029703316

Autore

Pond Edward <d. 1629.>

Titolo

Pond 1638 [[electronic resource] ] : An almanack for the yeare of our Lord Christ MDCXXXVIII. Being the second yeare after bissextile or leap-yeare, and since the creation of the world 5587. Lately amplified with many things of very good use, both for pleasure and profit. / / Exactly rectified according to art By Edvvard Pond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : Printed by the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, [1638]

Descrizione fisica

[48] p. : ill

Soggetti

Almanacs

Ephemerides

Astrology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title page within ornamental border.

Place and date of publication from STC.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910372740203321

Autore

Hammel Tanja

Titolo

Shaping Natural History and Settler Society : Mary Elizabeth Barber and the Nineteenth-Century Cape / / by Tanja Hammel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783030226398

3030226395

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, , 2635-1641

Classificazione

HIS000000HIS001000SCI034000SOC032000

Disciplina

509

968.703092

Soggetti

Science - History

Imperialism

Africa, Sub-Saharan - History

Ethnology

History of Science

Imperialism and Colonialism

History of Sub-Saharan Africa

Sociocultural Anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- Part I: African Experts and Science in the Cape -- 2 African Farmers and Medical Plant Experts -- 3 African Naturalists, Collectors, and Taxidermists -- Part II: From Providing Data to Forging New Practices and Theories -- 4 Gender, Class and Competition -- 5 Proving and Circulating the Theory of Natural Selection -- 6 Barber’s Forging Scientific Practices and Theories -- Part III: Negotiating Belonging through Science -- 7 Arguing with Artefacts, Biofacts and Organisms: Barber's Advocacy for 1820 Settlers’ Supremacy and Land Rights -- 8 Barber’s World of Birds as a Space of Gender Equality -- 9 Colonial Legacies in Post-Colonial Collections -- 10 ‘The fragments that are left behind’. .

Sommario/riassunto

“Hammel successfully illuminates how the production and circulation of Barber’s work was deeply affected by contemporary attitudes towards



gender and race within the colonial context of the nineteenth-century Cape. This fascinating book is destined to become a landmark in the history of science in South Africa.” —Nigel Penn, University of Cape Town, South Africa “This book is an original study of the contributions of a woman scientist. It is the most detailed study of its kind...The book will make a significant addition to the global literature that examines the colonial and gendered dimensions of the history of science.” —William Beinart, University of Oxford, UK “Moving seamlessly between biographical, local and international frames, this book provides a fresh look at the global knowledge transformations of the nineteenth century.” —Kirsten McKenzie, University of Sydney, Australia This book explores the lifeand work of Mary Elizabeth Barber, a British-born settler scientist who lived in the Cape during the nineteenth century. It provides a lens into a range of subjects within the history of knowledge and science, gender and social history, postcolonial, critical heritage and archival studies. The book examines the international importance of a marginalized scientist, the instrumentalisation of science to settlers' political concerns and reveals the pivotal but largely silenced contribution of indigenous African experts. Including a variety of material, visual and textual sources, this study explores how these artefacts are archived in museums and critically analyses their content and silences. The book traces Barber’s legacy across three continents, offering insights into the politics of memory and history-making. .