Search Results for: Imagining The Cape Colony

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, col

This volume explores how the Cape Colony was imagined as a political community by considering a variety of writers, from major European literati and intellectua

In a compelling example of the cultural history of South Africa, Robert Ross offers a subtle and wide-ranging study of status and respectability in the colonial

An innovative three hundred year exploration of the social and political contexts of science and the scientific imagination in South Africa.