Imagining the Cape Colony : history, literature, and the South African nation / / David Johnson [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Johnson David <1962 May 20->
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 968.7033
• Soggetto topico: Nationalism - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century; Nationalism - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) History 1795-1872; Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) Politics and government 1795-1872
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p.[194]-214) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Remembering the Khoikhoi victory over Dom Francisco de Almeida at the Cape in 1510 : Luís de Camões and Robert Southey -- French representations of the Cape 'Hottentots' : Jean Tavernier, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and François Levaillant -- The Scottish enlightenment and colonial governance : Adam Smith, John Bruce and Lady Anne Barnard -- African land for the American empire : John Adams, Benjamin Stout and Robert Semple -- Historical and literary reiterations of Dutch settler Republicanism -- Literature and Cape slavery -- History and the Griqua nation : Andries Waterboer and Hendrick Hendricks.
• Sommario/riassunto: By returning to a pivotal moment in South African history - the Cape Colony in the period 1770-1830 - this book addresses current debates about nationalism colonialism and neo-colonialism and postcolonial/post-apartheid culture.
• Titolo autorizzato: Imagining the Cape Colony
• ISBN: 0-7486-5087-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790235503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II