Hall, M, Halkett, D, Vanbeek, PH and Klose, J 1990, 'A stone wall out of the earth that thundering cannon cannot destroy: bastion and moat at the Castle, Cape Town' , Social Dynamics-a Journal of the Centre for African Studies University of Cape Town, 16 (1) , pp. 22-37.
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Although the urgency with which the Dutch East India Company administration at the Cape built defensive works was a direct result of their fear of attack from both land and sea, there was an additional imperative, for the Castle at Cape Town stood as a symbol of Dutch colonial aspirations. In this paper, we compare written and material texts of one part of the Castle's architecture to show firstly, how the discordances between such sources can reveal an underside of early colonization and secondly, how the Castle moat, in the seventeenth century a stamp of aspirant power, was by the mid-nineteenth century a dump and a public nuisance.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Themes: | Subjects / Themes > D History General and Old World > DT Africa Memory, Text and Place |
| Schools: | Schools > No Research Centre Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Dynamics-a Journal of the Centre for African Studies University of Cape Town |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| ISSN: | 0253-3952 |
| Depositing User: | AL Sherwin |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2010 14:34 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 22:18 |
| URI: | https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/7466 |
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