A Commonwealth of Knowledge: Science, Sensibility, and White South Africa 1820-2000

ISBN-13: 9780199296637 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 320 str.

Saul Dubow

Opis

Presents a study of the relationship of knowledge to national identity formation in modern South Africa. This book explores how the cultivation of knowledge served to support white political ascendancy and claims to nationhood, and also addresses major themes in both South African and comparative imperial historiography.

Recenzje

A welcome addition to recent scholarship

O autorze

Saul Dubow is professor of history at the University of Sussex. Born in South Africa and educated at the Universities of Cape Town and Oxford, he has written key books on the history of racial segregation and apartheid; the history of scientific racism in South Africa, and the history of colonial science. He has edited several collections and is considered to be a leading authority on race, nationalism and identity in modern South Africa.