03467nam 22007214a 450 991077787400332120230124182547.01-383-04404-X1-280-84525-20-19-151634-11-4294-5953-0(CKB)1000000000471481(EBL)415035(OCoLC)476239418(SSID)ssj0000125644(PQKBManifestationID)11133834(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125644(PQKBWorkID)10027771(PQKB)10778293(Au-PeEL)EBL415035(CaPaEBR)ebr10271388(CaONFJC)MIL84525(MiAaPQ)EBC415035(EXLCZ)99100000000047148120060628d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA commonwealth of knowledge[electronic resource] science, sensibility, and white South Africa, 1820-2000 /Saul DubowOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (309 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-929663-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-290) and index.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;This is the first full study of the relationship of knowledge to national identity formation in modern South Africa. It explores how the cultivation of knowledge served to support white political ascendancy and claims to nationhood. Elegantly written and wide ranging, the book addresses major themes in both South African and comparative imperial historiography. - ;A Commonwealth of Knowledge addresses the relationship between social and scientific thought, colonial identity, and political power in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Africa. It hinges on the tension between colonial knowledWhite peopleRace identitySouth AfricaNational characteristics, South AfricanNationalismSouth AfricaHistoryPower (Social sciences)South AfricaHistoryScienceSocial aspectsSouth AfricaHistorySciencePolitical aspectsSouth AfricaHistorySouth AfricaRace relationsSouth AfricaPolitics and government19th centurySouth AfricaPolitics and government20th centurySouth AfricaIntellectual lifeWhite peopleRace identityNational characteristics, South African.NationalismHistory.Power (Social sciences)History.ScienceSocial aspectsHistory.SciencePolitical aspectsHistory.305.83/936Dubow Saul1511988MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777874003321A commonwealth of knowledge3745616UNINA