Imperial networks [electronic resource] : creating identities in nineteenth-century South Africa and Britain / Alan Lester.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.Description: x, 257 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780203995723 (e-book : PDF)
- Xhosa (African people) -- History -- 19th century
- Xhosa (African people) -- Colonization -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope
- British -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century
- Imperialism -- History -- 19th century
- Kaffraria -- History -- 19th century
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History -- 1795-1872
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century
- Also available in print edition.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-250) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Colonial projects and the eastern Cape -- 3. British settlers and the colonisation of the Xhosa -- 4. Queen Adelaide province and the limits of colonial power -- 5. Obtaining the 'due observance of justice' : the apotheosis of the humanitarian imagination -- 6. Imperial contests and the conquest of the frontier -- 7. Epilogue and conclusion.
Also available in print edition.
Electronic reproduction. [London, Eng. : Taylor and Francis, 2012]. PDF file created from digital scan of print book.
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