Victoria Falls and Colonial Imagination in British Southern Africa
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-59691-8 (ISBN)
Andrea L Arrington is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana State University, USA.
Introduction Towards a Trans-Colonial History of Victoria Falls Chapter 1 'A Cataract on the Zambezi': The Waterfalls in Precolonial Context Chapter 2 Lewanika's Scramble for Africa: Barotseland and the British South Africa Company Chapter 3 Staking Their Claim: Early White Settlement at Victoria Falls Chapter 4 Performing Europe, or Redefining African?: The African Social Life of a Colonial Frontier Town Chapter 5 'What is the trouble?': Dispute and Discontent in North Western Rhodesia Chapter 6 'of more value to South Africa than all the diamonds ever found or dreamed:' Victoria Falls and the Hydroelectric Power Scheme Epilogue Revisiting Imagination: The Trans-National Experience of Victoria Falls Today
Erscheinungsdatum | 05.04.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | African Histories and Modernities | African Histories and Modernities |
Zusatzinfo | 1 Illustrations, color; 8 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 291 p. 9 illus., 1 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
Technik ► Bergbau | |
Schlagworte | Africa • African • African History • Britain • Colonial history • Cora Diamond • Europe • Experience • History • History of Literature • Imagination • Land Rights • modern history • settlement • Settler Colonialism • Social Life • South Africa • Southern Africa • Victoria Falls • Zambezi River |
ISBN-10 | 1-137-59691-0 / 1137596910 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-59691-8 / 9781137596918 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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