Making Empire: Colonial Encounters and the Creation of Imperial Rule in Nineteenth-Century Africa

Making Empire: Colonial Encounters and the Creation of Imperial Rule in Nineteenth-Century Africa This book is the dramatic story of the construction of empire in Southern Africa in the nineteenth century. It charts how an imperial regime developed both in the minds of the colonizers and in the everyday practice of power and how the British imperial presence was shaped by the encounter with the Xhosa. Autor: Richard (University of Maryland Price Wydawnictwo: Cambridge University Press Rok wydania: 2008 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 416 Wymiary: 23.5 x 15.5 x 2.7 cm Ilustracje: 5 Maps; 17 Halftones, unspecified Język: angielski ISBN: 9780521889681