ISBN: 9781780932057 - 'your secret language': classics in the british colonies of west africa (classical diaspora) (6 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

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Gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Neu. This book is the first to examine the complex and contradictory history of Classics in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria. It investigates how Classical Studies, as an integral part of colonial education, enforced a notion of cultural inferiority on African subjects, but conversely played an enabling role in nationalist expression. The enquiry is structured around three main questions: how Classics contributed to the formation of a new class of Europeanising West Africans in the late nineteenth century; how Classics was implicated in the ideological struggles of the early twentieth century over the desirability of 'practical' or 'agricultural' education; and how the uses of Classics changed in the years leading up to independence. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 490. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 248 pages. 9.13x6.30x0.87 inches. In Stock.