The Scots in South Africa : ethnicity, identity, gender and race, 1772-1914 / / John M. MacKenzie with Nigel R. Dalziel
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| Autore: |
MacKenzie John M
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| Titolo: |
The Scots in South Africa : ethnicity, identity, gender and race, 1772-1914 / / John M. MacKenzie with Nigel R. Dalziel
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 968.0049163 |
| Soggetto topico: | Scots - South Africa - History |
| Soggetto non controllato: | African peoples |
| Black Scotsmen | |
| Scots | |
| Scottish Diaspora | |
| class | |
| ethnicity | |
| gender | |
| missions | |
| race | |
| schools | |
| Altri autori: |
DalzielNigel R
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Copyright; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1. Introduction: imperialism and identities; 2. The Scots presence at the Cape; 3. Radicals, evangelicals, the Scottish Enlightenment and Cape Colonial autocracy; 4. Scots missions and the frontier; 5. Continuing migration to Natal, the Cape and the Transvaal; 6. Professionals: the Church and education; 7. The professionals: the environment,medicine, business and radicals; 8. Maintaining Scots identity; 9. Conclusion; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The description of South Africa as a 'rainbow nation' has always been taken to embrace the black, brown and white peoples who constitute its population. But each of these groups can be sub-divided and in the white case, the Scots have made one of the most distinctive contributions to the country's history. The Scots, as in North America and Australasia, constituted an important element in the patterns of White settlement. They were already present in the area of Dutch East India Company rule and, after the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, their numbers rose dramatically. They were |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Scots in South Africa |
| ISBN: | 1-78170-274-8 |
| 1-84779-446-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820791903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)