The Scots in South Africa: Ethnicity, Identity, Gender and Race, 1772-1914

Description

The description of South Africa as a "rainbow nation" has always been taken to embrace the black, brown and white peoples who constitute its population. But each of these groups can be sub-divided and in the white case, the Scots have made one of the most distinctive contributions to the country's history. This book is the first full-length study of their role from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries and it offers a major contribution to both Scottish and South African history, in the process illuminating a significant field of the Scottish Diaspora that has so far received little attention. Front matter Contents Foreword by T. M. Devine Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction: imperialism and identities The Scots presence at the Cape Radicals, evangelicals, the Scottish Enlightenment and Cape Colonial autocracy Scots missions and the frontier Continuing migration to Natal, the Cape and the Transvaal Professionals: the Church and education The professionals: the environment, medicine, business and radicals Maintaining Scots identity Conclusion Index