The testing grounds of modern empire : the making of colonial racial order in the American Ohio country and the South African Eastern Cape, 1770s-1850s / Christoph Strobel.

Author/creator Strobel, Christoph
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang, ©2008.
Descriptionx, 195 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples. --Ohio River Valley.
Indians of North America--Colonization. --Ohio River Valley.
Indians of North America--Ohio River Valley. --Government relations.
Xhosa (African people)--History.
Xhosa (African people)--Colonization.
Khoisan (African people)--History.
Khoisan (African people)--Government relations.
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Colonization.
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Race relations.
Ohio River Valley--Colonization.
Ohio River Valley--Race relations.

Contents Introduction -- Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans : a comparative overview of the pre-colonial and early colonial history of the Ohio country and the Eastern Cape -- Conquest, "civilization", and dispossession : the transformation of the Ohio country -- Humantiarians, settlers, and the state : the transformation of the Eastern Cape -- The Ohio Indians revolution : a struggle for sovereignty and independence -- "This land is our land" : Africans in the Eastern Cape and their struggle for independence and sovereignty -- Conclusion: Comparing the entrenchment of two colonial racial orders.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [179]-190) and index.
LCCN 2007026676
ISBN9781433101236 (cb : alk. paper)
ISBN1433101238 (cb : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E 78.O4 S87 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold