Shadows of empire in West Africa : new perspectives on European fortifications /: new perspectives on European fortifications. (2018)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Shadows of empire in West Africa : new perspectives on European fortifications /: new perspectives on European fortifications. (2018)
- Main Title:
- Shadows of empire in West Africa : new perspectives on European fortifications
- Further Information:
- Note: John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu, Victoria Ellen Smith, editors.
- Editors:
- Osei-Tutu, John Kwadwo
Smith, Victoria Ellen - Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Interpreting West Africa's European Fortifications -- 2. Grossfriedrichsburg, the First German Colony in Africa?: Brandenburg-Prussia, Atlantic entanglements and national memory -- 3. 'Far from my native land, and far from you': reimagining the British at Cape Coast Castle in the nineteenth century -- 4. Viewed from a Distance: eighteenth-century printed images of fortifications on the coast of West Africa -- 5. Illusions of Grandeur and Protection? Perceptions and (mis)representations of the defensive efficacy of European-built Fortifications on the Gold Coast, 17th-early 19th Centuries -- 6. Female Agency in a Cultural Confluence: Women, trade and politics in seventeenth and eighteenth century Gold Coast society -- 7. Fort Metal Cross: commercial epicentre of the British on the Gold Coast -- 8. European Fortifications in West Africa as Architectural Containers and Oppressive Contraptions -- 9. A Theatre of Memory of the Transatlantic Slave Trade: Cape Coast Castle and its Museum -- 10. Diplomacy, Identity and Appropriation of the "Door of No Return": President Barack Obama and family in Ghana and the Cape Coast Castle, 2009 -- 11. Re-Creating Pre-Colonial Forts and Castles: heritage policies and restoration practices in the Gold Coast/Ghana, 1945 to 1970s.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xii, 368 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 966
History
Fortification -- Africa, West
Castles -- Africa, West
HISTORY / Africa / West
Castles
Colonization
Fortification
History -- General
Political Science -- History & Theory
Colonialism & imperialism
Political science & theory
Politics & government
Imperialism
World politics
History -- Africa -- General
African history
Africa, West -- Colonization
Africa, West
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319392820
3319392824 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319392813
3319392816 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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