Specifications
| Publisher | OUP Oxford |
| ISBN 13 | 9780199296637 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199296634 |
| Author | Saul Dubow |
| Book Format | Hardcover |
| Language | English |
| Book Subtitle | Science, Sensibility, And White South Africa 1820-2000 |
| Book Description | A Commonwealth of Knowledge addresses the relationship between social and scientific thought, colonial identity, and political power in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Africa. It hinges on the tension between colonial knowledge, conceived of as a universal, modernizing force, and its realization in the context of a society divided along complex ethnic and racial fault-lines. By means of detailed analysis of colonial cultures, literary and scientific institutions, and expert historical thinking about South Africa and its peoples, it demonstrates the ways in which the cultivation of knowledge has served to support white political ascendancy and claims to nationhood. |
| Publication Date | 14-Feb-09 |
| Number of Pages | 312 |
A Commonwealth Of Knowledge hardcover english - 14-Feb-09
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