Ethnic Pride and Racial Prejudice in Victorian Cape Town

by Vivian Bickford-Smith

Book Overview

Nineteenth-century Cape Town, the capital of the British Cape Colony, was conventionally regarded as a liberal oasis in an otherwise racist South Africa. Longstanding British influence was thought to mitigate the racism of the Dutch settlers and foster the development of a sophisticated and colour-blind English merchant class. Vivian Bickford-Smith skilfully interweaves political, economic and social analysis to show that the English merchant class,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521526396
• ISBN13: 9780521526395
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"