The Book in Africa

The Book in Africa
Author: C. Davis
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2015-03-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137401621

This volume presents new research and critical debates in African book history, and brings together a range of disciplinary perspectives by leading scholars in the subject. It includes case studies from across Africa, ranging from third-century manuscript traditions to twenty-first century internet communications.

Rereading the Imperial Romance

Rereading the Imperial Romance
Author: Laura Chrisman
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780198122999

"Chrisman's book demonstrates how South Africa played an important if now overlooked role in British imperial culture, and shows the impact of capitalism itself in the making of racial, gender and national identities. This book makes an original contribution to studies of Victorian literature of empire; South African literary history; African studies; black nationalism; and the literature of resistance."--BOOK JACKET.

Imagining the Cape Colony

Imagining the Cape Colony
Author: David Johnson
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2013-09-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 074865089X

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.

The Making of a Racist State

The Making of a Racist State
Author: Bernard Magubane
Publisher: Africa World Press
Total Pages: 486
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780865432413

How did the Union of South Africa come to be dominated by a white minority? That is the obvious but haunting question addressed in this remarkable historical survey which documents and analyses the chain of events that led up to the passing in 1909 of the South African Act' by the British Parliament.'

The Bookseller

The Bookseller
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 924
Release: 1913
Genre: Bibliography
ISBN:

Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.

Hampton Institute

Hampton Institute
Author: Best Books on
Publisher: Best Books on
Total Pages: 355
Release: 1940
Genre:
ISBN: 1623760666

Compiled by Mentor A. Howe and Roscoe E. Lewis.