Imagining the Cape Colony : history, literature, and the South African nation / David Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, David, 1962 May 20-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--History--18th century.

Nationalism.

Nationalism--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--History--19th century.

Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--1795-1872.

Cape of Good Hope (South Africa).

Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Politics and government--1795-1872.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p.[194]-214) and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-6489-0

0-7486-5087-3

OCLC:

795695212