Browsing Masters Degrees (History) by Title
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Die aanloop tot en stigting van Orania as groeipunt vir 'n Afrikaner-volkstaat
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)Throughout the history of South Africa, the Afrikaners have been described as a "strange society". Calvinism was a key to their lifestyle and ideology and they saw themselves as God's special instruments. Their political ... -
Die aanwending en integrasie van pikturale en geskrewe bronne vir 'n kultuurhistoriese evaluering van geselekteerde temas van die Wellington-omgewing, 1657-1900
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001--03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study pictorial Africana are used to sketch a socio-historical image of certain aspects of Wellington (previously known as Waggonmakers Valley) during the period 1657 to 1900. Together with ... -
Access denied? The holistic lived experience of disabled students at Stellenbosch University : 1986-2007
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the holistic lived experience of physically disabled students who studied at Stellenbosch University (SU) between 1986, the national year of the disabled and 2007, when the first ... -
Adriaan van Jaarsveld
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1935)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: no abstract available -
Almal kom na Lubbe" : die skoenmakerverhaal van A.P. Lubbe en Seun (Edms.) Bpk. 1918-2001
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)The thesis “ ‘Almal kom na Lubbe: Die skoenmakerverhaal van A.P. Lubbe en Seun (Edms) Bpk, 1918-2001”, is an attempt to investigate the history of a family business spanning three generations against the background of ... -
Andersdenkende verset : Afrikaner kulturele standpunt teen apartheid en Afrikaner kontak met die ANC in die 1980's
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A renewed and unique spirit of resistance to apartheid spread across South Africa during the 1980's. This manifested as the black revolt between 1984 and 1986, as well as in the ANC's policies supporting ... -
An Anglican parish in transformation : the history of St. Margaret’s, Parow, 1942 - 1995
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is an historical analysis of the History of St. Margaret’s Anglican Parish, situated in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. While documenting the history of the parish since its establishment ... -
Apartheid South Africa's propaganda effort c.1960-1980 : the hearts and minds campaign of the National Party
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to examine the South African National Party’s efforts at winning ‘hearts and minds’ within the decades of the 1960s’ up to the 1980s’. Thus, the various attempts by the NP to ... -
Aspekte van nasionale en kulturele identiteit van 'n verenigende Europa sedert 1958 : enkele gevallestudies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a globalizing world it follows that the identity of individuals will come under scrutiny as borders between states fade. It is exactly for this reason that so many people feel uncomfortable within ... -
“Barbed-Wire Boks” : the long shadow of the 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand and the United States of America
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 1981, during the height of apartheid, the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, toured to New Zealand and the United States of America. In South Africa, the tour was expected to reopen ... -
Between duty and desire : pre-nuptial pregnancy and unmarried motherhood in Anglican Cape Town during the first half of the twentieth century
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Throughout the first half of the twentieth century couples were exhorted by both the church and secular authorities to delay sexual intercourse until after marriage, but popular attitudes towards premarital ... -
Beyers Naudé 1915-1963 : die vorming van 'n dissidente Afrikaner
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Beyers Naudé is known for his anti-apartheid theology and activism from the 1960s onwards. Yet, before this activism, he was a minister in die Dutch Reformed Church, member of the Afrikaner Broederbond, ... -
‘Boks and bullets, coffins and crutches’ : an exploration of the body, mind and places of ‘Springbok’ South African soldiers in the First World War
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 1914-'18 the Great War, as it is still widely known today, engulfed the world, including the recently-founded Union of South Africa. As opposed to other empire and Allied states, the Union’s experience ... -
Die buiteposte van die V.O.C. aan die grens van die Kaapse nedersetting, 1652-1707
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1982-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: No Abstract Available -
The changing role and identity of the Nonaligned Movement (1955-1998)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to determine how the role and identity of the Nonaligned Movement (NAM) changed during and after the Cold War. The demise of the Movement in the post-Cold War era, predicted ... -
“The children of today make the nation of tomorrow” : a social history of child welfare in twentieth century South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: “The cry of the children of the needy is bitter and heartrending, and any effort towards stilling it deserves the best support and encouragement of the community… every day it rises in despairing appeal ... -
Competing audio-visual industries : a business history of the influence of SABC-TV on the Afrikaans cinematic film industry, c.1976-c.1986
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis endeavours to detail the business history of the Afrikaans cinematic film industry and the economic influence of the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s¹ Television Service on the Afrikaans ... -
Compliance, compulsion and contest : aspects of military conscription in South Africa, 1952-1992
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)From 1952 until the ending of apartheid in 1994, South Africa possessed a system of compulsory military service for white males. Until 1967, conscription was not universal and men were selected by ballot to attend military ... -
Contested historical interpretations and the narrative of the Angolan-South Africa War 1987-1988 - a military outcome?
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The end of the 1980s brought about great changes throughout the world, the end of the Cold War – globally, as well as the end of apartheid in South Africa. For South Africans these two events can be seen ... -
The devil’s children : volk, devils and moral panics in white South Africa, 1976 - 1993
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There are moments in history where the threat of Satanism and the Devil have been prompted by, and in turn stimulated, social anxiety. This thesis considers particular moments of ‘satanic panic’ in South ...
