Cecil Rhodes and Other Statues: Dealing Plainly with the Past - Softcover

Calderisi, Robert

 
9781662916458: Cecil Rhodes and Other Statues: Dealing Plainly with the Past
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1662916450 ISBN 13: 9781662916458
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press, 2021

Synopsis

Like the Pharaohs he admired, Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) hoped to be remembered for 4,000 years. Barely 120 years later, many people want him expunged from history altogether. A major figure in the British Empire, he has been the subject of a bitter international controversy. This book sheds new light on a complicated story, relates the history of the Rhodes Scholarships, and suggests common-sense rules for commemorating contested figures as diverse as Robert E. Lee and Mahatma Gandhi..

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About the Author

A former director of the World Bank and 1968 Quebec Rhodes Scholar, Robert Calderisi studied history in Montreal, economics at Oxford, and African history at the University of Sussex. He has lived and worked in Africa for more than thirty years and is the author of two critically acclaimed books: The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working (2006) and Earthly Mission: The Catholic Church and World Development (2013).

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Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1662916450
ISBN 13 
9781662916458
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
302