Crais, Clifton C(harles)

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CRAIS, Clifton C(harles)

CRAIS, Clifton C(harles). American, b. 1960. Genres: History, Race relations. Career: Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, visiting instructor, 1987-88, assistant professor, 1988-93, associate professor of history, 1993-, founder and chairperson of Kenyon Seminar, 1990-93. University of London, member of Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London School of Oriental and African Studies, 1985-, member of Institute of Historical Research, 1985-86; Rhodes University, South Africa, university research scholar at Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1985, 1992; University of Cape Town, South Africa, visiting assistant professor, 1988-89, visiting associate of Centre for African Studies, 1988-89, 1991-92; Stanford University, Stanford Humanities Center, fellow, 1994-95; guest on radio programs. Conducted field work in Ciskei and Transkei, South Africa, 1992, 1993. Publications: White Supremacy and Black Resistance in Pre-Industrial South Africa: The Making of the Colonial Order in the Eastern Cape, 1770-1865, 1992; (ed. with Nigel Worden, and contrib.) Breaking the Chains: Slavery and Its Legacy in Nineteenth-Century South Africa, 1993. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals. Address: Department of History, Seitz House, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, U.S.A.

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