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Shaping natural history and settler society : Mary Elizabeth Barber and the nineteenth-century cape

This book explores the life and work of Mary Elizabeth Barber, a British-born settler scientist who lived in the Cape during the nineteenth century. It provides a lens into a range of subjects within the history of knowledge and science, gender and social history, postcolonial, critical heritage and archival studies. The book examines the international importance of a marginalized scientist, the instrumentalisation of science to settlers' political concerns and reveals the pivotal but largely silenced contribution of indigenous African experts. Including a variety of material, visual and textual sources, this study explores how these artefacts are archived in museums and critically analyses their content and silences. The book traces Barber’s legacy across three continents, offering insights into the politics of memory and history-making.

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Call Number
968.703092 HAM s
Publisher
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan.,
Collation
xxiv, 360p. : ill.
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
9783030226398
Classification
968.703092
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Subject(s)
South Africa
Africa
History
Manners and customs
Natural history
South Africa--Cape of Good Hope
British colonies
Gender identity
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