The White Man's World

Zusatztext represents an extraordinary achievement in writing about the changing process of colonisation and the nostalgic mythmaking of empire's passing in the face of decolonization movements ... a major study representing the best that critical imperial history has to offer. Informationen zum Autor Bill Schwarz has taught Sociology, Cultural Studies, History, Communications and English. He draws from this varied intellectual background to tell his lively story of the idea of the white man in the British empire. He has been a member of the History Workshop Journal collective for more than twenty years. Klappentext The White Man's World explores ideas of the white man during the last 100 years of the British Empire. Working back from Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech of 1968, it discusses the racial assumptions that accompanied the founding of colonial Australia, South Africa, and Rhodesia - colonies which were popularly known as white men's countries. Zusammenfassung The White Man's World explores ideas of the white man during the last 100 years of the British Empire. Working back from Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech of 1968, it discusses the racial assumptions that accompanied the founding of colonial Australia, South Africa, and Rhodesia - colonies which were popularly known as white men's countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: 'The Thing' Prologue: Reveries of Race, April 1968 1: Ethnic Populism 2: Colony and Metropolis 3: Remembering Race 4: The Romance of the Veld 5: Frontier Philosopher: Jan Christian Smuts 6: Defeated by Friends: The Central African Federation 7: Ian Smith: The Last White Man? Index

Product details

• Authors: Bill Schwarz, Bill (School of English and Drama Schwarz, Schwarz Bill
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9780199296910
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929691-0
• No. of pages: 656
• Series: Memories of Empire V. 1 1; Memories Of Empire; Memories Of Empire
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History; British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence