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UNINA9910817351503321 |
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Autore |
Dubow Saul |
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Titolo |
A commonwealth of knowledge : science, sensibility, and white South Africa, 1820-2000 / / Saul Dubow |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-04404-X |
1-280-84525-2 |
0-19-151634-1 |
1-4294-5953-0 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (309 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online. |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Whites - 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 |
South Africa Race relations |
South Africa Politics and government 19th century |
South Africa Politics and government 20th century |
South Africa Intellectual life |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2006. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-290) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Literary and Scientific Institutions in the Nineteenth-Century Cape Colony; 2. 'Of Special Colonial Interest': The Cape Monthly Magazine and the Circulation of Ideas; 3. Colonialism, Imperialism, Constitutionalism; 4. Science and South Africanism; 5. A Commonwealth of Knowledge; 6. Conclusion: The Renationalization of Knowledge?; Select Bibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Examining the relationship of knowledge to national identity formation in modern South Africa, this text explores how the cultivation of knowledge served to support white political ascendancy and claims to |
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