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Imagining the Cape Colony : history, literature, and the South African nation

Johnson, David, 1962 May 20-

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\"David Johnson considers a variety of writers, from European intellectuals Camنoes, Southey, Rousseau and Adam Smith to travel writers like Franًcois Levaillant and Lady Anne Barnard, and from the diaries of settler rebels and early African nationalists to the courtroom testimonies of African slaves and farm workers. These are combined with discussions of the many subsequent literary works and histories of the Cape Colony. By returning to the writing of and about the Cape Colony from 1770 to 1830 - when modern definitions of 'nation' and 'colony' were both constituted and contested - this book addresses current debates about settler nationalism, anti-colonial resistance and the imprint of 18th-century colonial histories on contemporary neo-colonial politics. By imagining the post-apartheid South African nation, Johnson critically re-reads the history of the Cape Colony, paying particular attention to the extensive commentaries on literature and history associated with the Thabo Mbeki presidencies.\"--Publisher's website.

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Subject: Nationalism South Africa Cape of Good Hope History 18th century. / 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) Politics and government 1795-1872.
• ISBN: 9780748643080, 0748643087

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DT2042.J64 2012	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE