Earth History, Natural History, and Prehistory at the Cape, 1860-1875
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2108269 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Saul Dubow (University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-133 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0010417504000064 |
| OpenAlex | W2012477232 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
It is commonplace to treat the 1860s and 1870s as a crucial period in the making of modern South Africa. These two decades saw the beginnings of the mineral-led industrial revolution that so dramatically transformed the political economy of the region; they marked a decisive moment in the assertion of colonial political hegemony over regional African kingdoms; and they witnessed a secular intensification in imperial involvement in the sub-continent. In light of their importance in understanding the history of white supremacy in twentieth-century South Africa, these social, economic, and political processes have been extensively analyzed. Yet, settler power and authority were not expressed only in terms of economic control or political conquest: in order to achieve the mature form of colonial proprietorship that distinguishes South Africa from most other nineteenth-century settler societies in Africa, cognitive as well as physical mastery had to be established over indigenous peoples and the natural environment. It is surprising, therefore that so little attention has been devoted to the conspicuous display of intellectual curiosity that accompanied growing colonial and imperial engagement in the African subcontinent at this time. This paper seeks to redress this imbalance
Archaeology · Colonialism · Ethnology · Geography · Hegemony · Indigenous · Political economy · Political history · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Redress · Sociology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Law · South African History and Culture
‘Were they half civilized?’ Knowledge and Reminiscence in the Maloti-Drakensberg
Talking about the Weather
A Performance-Theory Revisit of the Conflict Scene at the Ventershoek (2927CA1) Rock Art Site
The Problem of African Girlhood
Anthropology and Settler Nationalisms in the Art of Emily Carr, Irma Stern, and Margaret Preston
Land, Mines, and Bones
The Intimate Politics of Ornithology in Colonial Africa
Humans on show
Subterranean Archives
The Many Meanings of “Integration”
Harriett Low
Admirable Facsimiles”
A glimpse into Bushman mythology’
Revisiting the South African Unicorn
They are all dead that I could ask
Histoire embrouillée
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |