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  3. Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750–1870
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      • Robert Ross, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2009
      July 1999
      ISBN:
      9780511497292
      9780521621229
      9780521121255
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511497292
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.485kg, 220 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.33kg, 220 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, African Studies, History, Regional History after 1500, African History
      Series:
      African Studies (98)
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, African Studies, History, Regional History after 1500, African History
    Series:
    African Studies (98)
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    In a compelling example of the cultural history of South Africa, Robert Ross offers a subtle and wide-ranging study of status and respectability in the colonial Cape between 1750 and 1850. His 1999 book describes the symbolism of dress, emblems, architecture, food, language, and polite conventions, paying particular attention to domestic relationships, gender, education and religion, and analyses the values and the modes of thinking current in different strata of the society. He argues that these cultural factors were related to high political developments in the Cape, and offers a rich account of the changes in social identity that accompanied the transition from Dutch to British overrule, and of the development of white racism and of ideologies of resistance to white domination. The result is a uniquely nuanced account of a colonial society.

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    Review of the hardback:‘There are many valuable insights in this subtle book, often with major historiographical implications … Ross has produced a bold and original book, which mixes mature reflection with fresh creative enthusiasm. He has confirmed his status as one of the leading historians of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Cape.’

    Source: The Times Literary Supplement

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