Whiteness in Zimbabwe: Race, Landscape, and the Problem of Belonging

By David Mcdermott Hughes

Book Overview

European settler societies have a long history of establishing a sense of belonging and entitlement outside Europe, but Zimbabwe has proven to be the exception to the rule. Arriving in the 1890s, white settlers never comprised more than a tiny minority. Instead of grafting themselves onto local societies, they adopted a strategy of escape.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230621430
• ISBN13: 9780230621435
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"