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17%OFFGraham Dominy - Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontiers: Fort Napier and the British Imperial Garrison - 9780252040047 - V9780252040047
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Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontiers: Fort Napier and the British Imperial Garrison

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Description for Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontiers: Fort Napier and the British Imperial Garrison Hardback. Series: History of Military Occupation. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 black and white photographs, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; HBJD1; HBJH; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Small and isolated in the Colony of Natal, Fort Napier was long treated like a temporary outpost of the expanding British Empire. Yet British troops manned this South African garrison for over seventy years. Tasked with protecting colonists, the fort became even more significant as an influence on, and reference point for, settler society. Graham Dominy's Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontier reveals the unexamined but pivotal role of Fort Napier in the peacetime public dramas of the colony. Its triumphalist colonial-themed pageantry belied colonists's worries about their own vulnerability. As Dominy shows, the cultural, political, and economic methods used ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
History of Military Occupation
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252040047
SKU
V9780252040047
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About Graham Dominy
Graham Dominy is a Research Fellow of the University of South Africa, former National Archivist of South Africa, and former editor of Natalia: Journal of the Natal Society.

Reviews for Last Outpost on the Zulu Frontiers: Fort Napier and the British Imperial Garrison
"Interesting and well-written . . . Dr. Dominy's impressive book paints a convincing picture of the social scene in Pietermaritzburg as it was influenced by the presence of the Victorian Army."
Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland "Dominy's readable and eclectic study represents an important step forward in both military and imperial historiography; he provides an enhanced and nuanced ... Read more

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