SCOTS IN SOUTH AFRICA: ETHNICITY, IDENTITY, GENDER AND RACE, 1772-1914

This book is the first full-length study of the important role of the Scots in the patterns of White settlement in South Africa, where they were very active in such areas as exploration, botanical and scientific endeavour, military campaigns, the emergence of Christian missions, Western education, intellectual institutions, the professions as well as enterprise and technical developments, business, commerce and journalism.