Thomas Bain, road building and the Zwartberg Pass : with particular emphasis on socio-economic and civil engineering aspects in the Southern Cape, c.1843-1962
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1993
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
Abstract
ENGLISH PREFACE: The topography of the Cape Colony and, in particular the area of
the Southern Cape and Little Karoo, proved intimidating even for
our intrepid pioneers. However, this i5no reason for historians
to have shied away from this area. Although geographically
isolated until well into the 19th Century, it has not been until
. well into the second half of the 20th Century that any serious
attempt has been made at scientific historical study and
synthesis of the area. Dr Andre Appel's work, Die distrik
Oudtshoorn tot die tagtigerjare van die 19de eeu: 'n sosioekonomiese
studie, has thus been a pioneering work in its attempt
to analyse the area in general, and the establishment and
developmental stage of the Oudtshoorn district in particular.
Julianne Wilson's work on the Overberg, A Changing Rural Economy.
and its implications for the Overberg, 1838-1872, has likewise
taken an adjacent region in this Southern Cape/Little Karoo area
and placed it under the historical microscope.
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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1993.
Keywords
Bain, Thomas Charles John, -- 1830-1893, Roads -- South Africa -- Design and construction -- History, Mountain passes -- South Africa -- Swartberg Pass -- Design and construction -- History, Swartberg Pass (South Africa) -- History, Dissertations -- History