A commonwealth of knowledge : science, sensibility, and white South Africa, 1820-2000 / / Saul Dubow

• Autore: Dubow Saul
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.83/936
• Soggetto topico: White people - 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
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa Race relations; South Africa Politics and government 19th century; South Africa Politics and government 20th century; South Africa Intellectual life
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2006.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-290) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 nationhood.
• Titolo autorizzato: A commonwealth of knowledge
• ISBN: 1-383-04404-X; 1-280-84525-2; 0-19-151634-1; 1-4294-5953-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817351503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.