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

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

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This is the first full study of the relationship of knowledge to national identity formation in modern South Africa. It explores how the cultivation of knowledge served to support white political ascendancy and claims to nationhood. Elegantly written and wide ranging, the book addresses major themes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dubow, Saul
Corporate Authors: Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund, EBSCOhost
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006
Oxford ; New York : 2006
Series:OUP E-Books
OUP E-Books
Subjects:
1800-1999
19th century
20th century
National characteristics, South African
Nationalism > South Africa > History
Power (Social sciences) > South Africa > History
Science > Political aspects > South Africa > History
Science > Social aspects > South Africa > History
White people > Race identity > South Africa
Whites > Race identity > South Africa
History
Intellectual life
Nationalism
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
Race relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies
Science
Science > Political aspects
Science > Social aspects
White people > Race identity
Whites > Race identity
South Africa > Intellectual life
South Africa > Politics and government > 19th century
South Africa > Politics and government > 20th century
South Africa > Race relations
South Africa
Electronic books
History > UNAUTHORIZED

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