商品簡介
In this reference for non-specialists and non-South African readers, Schoeman (Research Fellow, Dept of History, University of the Free State, South Africa) presents biographies of 12 individuals, three couples, and two families of various social strata in order to portray the development of the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope in the 18th century. Those profiled include government officers, a governor, a Xhosa chief, a missionary, and a entrepreneur of color, as well as ordinary farmers and housewives, and even a white woman and her slave lover who were accused of murdering her husband. Each biography includes extensive quotes and excerpts from primary sources. The book is illustrated with b&w maps. Distributed in the US by International Publishers Marketing. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
