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Author:

Price, Richard, 1944-

Title:

Making empire : colonial encounters and the creation of imperial rule in nineteenth-century Africa / Richard Price.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xxix, 371 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Xhosa (African people)--History--19th century.
Xhosa (African people)--Colonization--Cape of Good Hope.--Cape of Good Hope.
Xhosa (African people)--Missions.
British--South Africa--History--19th century.
Kaffraria--History--19th century.
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--1795-1872.
Great Britain--History--Africa--History--19th century.
Imperialism--History--19th century--Case studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Encounters in empire -- The making of missionary culture -- Observation, engagement and optimism -- Cultural encounters: the destabilization of missionary culture -- Missionaries encounter the chiefs: the growth of colonial reasoning -- The closing of the missionary mind -- Creating colonial knowledge -- Meetings, ceremonies and display -- Empire as democracy: the imperial state and the chiefs -- Empire and liberalism: the creation of the Grey system -- The destruction of the Xhosa chiefs -- The trials of the chiefs -- Postscript: endings and beginnings.

ISBN:

0521718198 (pbk)
9780521718196 (pbk)
0521889685
9780521889681

OCLC:

(OCoLC)227570613

LCCN:

2008018713

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)