A Commonwealth of Knowledge. Science, Sensibility and White South Africa 1820 -2000 by Saul Dubow

A Commonwealth of Knowledge: Science, Sensibility and White South Africa 1820–2000 is an intellectual history of white South Africa, exploring how science and knowledge shaped identity and political power from the arrival of the 1820 British settlers to the post-apartheid era. Written by Saul Dubow, the book argues that knowledge-production was used to assert white authority and claims to nationhood. 

The book traces the evolution of white South African identity by examining the relationships between social and scientific thought, political power, and institutions of knowledge.