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Author:
Baartman, Teun, author.
Title:
Cape Conflict : protest and political alliances in a Dutch settlement / Teun Baartman.
Publisher:
Leiden University Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
206 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie--History.
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--To 1795.
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Politics and government--To 1795.
Colonies--Africa--History.
Netherlands--History.--History.
Dutch--Cape of Good Hope--Cape of Good Hope--History.
Politics and government.
South Africa--Cape of Good Hope.
To 1795
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201) and index.
Summary:
From 1652 until 1795, the Cape of Good Hope was a Dutch settlement marked by tensions, often portrayed as antagonism between the oppressive Dutch East India Company (VOC) and aggrieved burgher as the underdogs. However, by comparing the political structures, institutions and dynamics of the Dutch Republic and its overseas settlement, the author demonstrates that the relationship was more cooperative and that the Cape burghers were able to influence policies in their favour similar to the way burghers in the Dutch Republic did by forming political factions. Using the Cape Conflict of the later eighteenth century as a case study, Baartman illustrates that it was in fact a fight for power between factions within the ruling elite, which consisted of VOC officials and burghers. This book offers new evidence, different interpretations and an innovative narrative about where burghers came from, what their position was, and how the Cape political world operated.
ISBN:
9087283342
9789087283346
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1109868254
LCCN:
2019278927
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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