Title Status and respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750-1870 : a tragedy of manners / Robert Ross

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) : illustrations Series African studies series ; [98] African studies series ; 98. Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Under the VOC -- 3. English and Dutch -- 4. The content of respectability -- 5. Christianity, status and respectability -- 6. Outsiders -- 7. Acceptance and rejection -- 8. Conclusion Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-195) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Social status -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History HISTORY -- General. HISTORY. Manners and customs Social conditions Social status Soziale Schichtung Statussymbol Sozialstatus Soziale Anerkennung Sociale status. Esclavage -- Afrique du Sud -- Bonne-Espérance, Cap de (Afrique du Sud) Geschichte 1750-1870. Sozialgeschichte 1750-1870. SUBJECT Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Social life and customs Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Social conditions Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History -- To 1795. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019884 Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History -- 1795-1872. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019885 Subject South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope Kapprovinz Bonne-Espérance, Cap de (Afrique du Sud) -- Moeurs et coutumes. Bonne-Espérance, Cap de (Afrique du Sud) -- Histoire. Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 00502658 ISBN 0511008546 9780511008542 051103511X 9780511035111 9780521621229 0521621224 9780511497292 0511497296 9786610161775 6610161771 1280161779 9781280161773 0511303084 9780511303081 0511150679 9780511150678 0511116845 9780511116841 0511050356 9780511050350 1107114772 9781107114777

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