Victoria Falls and Colonial Imagination in British Southern Africa - Turning Water into Gold

This is the first full- length historical analysis of Victoria Falls. The text offers a critical examination of Victoria Falls providing new insight into the British Southern African project and reveals how Victoria Falls became one of the first modern African tourist destinations. This book makes a case for a critical reading of Victoria Falls as much more than a localized natural wonder.  Europeans with multiple and often competing agendas, as well as African leaders and laborers were brought into contact with one another at Victoria Falls.  Their visions of the past and hopes for the future shared Victoria Falls as a common point of inspiration.  The value these parties placed on the Falls extended far beyond its location on the Zambezi and had broad implications for the British Empire in Southern and Central Africa. 

Table des matières

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

A propos de l'auteur

Andrea L Arrington is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana State University, USA.

Résumé

This is the first full- length historical analysis of Victoria Falls. The text offers a critical examination of Victoria Falls providing new insight into the British Southern African project and reveals how Victoria Falls became one of the first modern African tourist destinations.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Andrea L. Arrington-Sirois
• Edition: Springer, Berlin
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781349928064
• ISBN: 978-1-349-92806-4
• Pages: 291
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 16 mm x 210 mm
• Illustrations: XV, 291 p. 9 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Thèmes: African Histories and Modernities; African Histories and Modernit
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Geschichte, Imagination, Europäische Geschichte, B, History, European History, Westeuropa, Subsahara-Afrika, Experience, Southern Africa, auseinandersetzen, settlement, African History, History, Modern, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Africa—History, Sub-Saharan Africa, History of Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Sub-Saharan—History, History of Literature, Social Life