The British Museum’s Excavations at Nineveh, 1846–1855
The British Museum’s Excavations at Nineveh, 1846–1855

Author: Geoffrey Turner

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-10-12

Total Pages: 814

ISBN-13: 9004435379

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Geoffrey Turner's definitive study of the mid-19th century excavations by the British Museum at the Assyrian site of Nineveh documents the complete history of these excavations and provides detailed reconstructions of the architecture and sculpture in the palace of Sennacherib.

Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750–1870
Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750–1870

Author: Robert Ross

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-07-01

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1139425617

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In a compelling example of the cultural history of South Africa, Robert Ross offers a subtle and wide-ranging study of status and respectability in the colonial Cape between 1750 and 1850. His 1999 book describes the symbolism of dress, emblems, architecture, food, language, and polite conventions, paying particular attention to domestic relationships, gender, education and religion, and analyses the values and the modes of thinking current in different strata of the society. He argues that these cultural factors were related to high political developments in the Cape, and offers a rich account of the changes in social identity that accompanied the transition from Dutch to British overrule, and of the development of white racism and of ideologies of resistance to white domination. The result is a uniquely nuanced account of a colonial society.