Readership: Scholars and students of South African history; intellectual historians; historians of the British Empire and Commonwealth; historians of science.
Saul Dubow, Professor of History, University of Sussex
"...an important and fresh contribution to the historiography. For the first time in very many years, intellectual history takes centre stage and opens up new terrain." - Jane Carruthers, South African Historical Journal
"A Commonwealth of Knowledge is much more than a mere synthesis since Dubow sheds new light on interconnections and contexts. Only an author like him who is able to cover such a broad range of historical interests, and who over the years collected such an immense and impressive knowledge about details and contexts, could write a book like this." - Christoph Marx, African History
"A welcome addition to recent scholarship" - Daniel Gilfoyle, African Affairs
Introduction 1: Literary and Scientific Institutions in the Nineteenth-Century Cape Colony 2: Of Special Colonial Interest': The Cape Monthly Magazine and the Circulation of Ideas 3: Colonialism, Imperialism, Constitutionalism 4: Science and South Africanism 5: A Commonwealth of Knowledge 6: Conclusion: The Renationalization of Knowledge? Select Bibliography Index
