Doctoral Degrees (History)
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Plantation forestry in Tanzania : a history of Sao Hill forests, 1939-2015
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis uses plantation forests from the colonial to the postcolonial period as a lens to explore the history of Tanzania between 1939 and 2015. The thesis discusses transitions within plantation ... -
A history of peasant tobacco production in Ruvuma Region, Southern Tanzania, c.1930-2016
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is a contribution to the broader East African historiography of environmental and agrarian change and more specifically the tobacco industry in Tanzania. This thesis joins an existing academic ... -
Van Afrikanerkultuur tot korporatief : die geskiedenis van Sanlam se hoofkantoor-personeelkorps 1918 – 2008
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African company Sanlam was founded in 1918 as a direct result of the growth of Afrikaner nationalism. An objective with the establishment of Sanlam as a life insurance company was the settlement ... -
Die voorkoms van wit armoede in Oudtshoorn tussen 1914 en 1937
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Oudtshoorn is considered to be the capital of the Little Karoo and is positioned in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The climate varies from extremely high temperature (42 degrees C) during summer ... -
Farmers, miners and the state in colonial Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), c.1895-1961.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the long and entangled relationship of farmers, miners and the state in Southern Rhodesia from 1895 when the Mines and Minerals Act was promulgated to promote the growth of the ... -
“… wood carved by the knife of circumstance…”? : Cape rapists and rape in South Africa, c. 1910-1980
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: “… wood carved by the knife of circumstance…”?: Cape Rapists and Rape in South Africa, c. 1910-1980, interrogates the notion that rapists are a product of an inherent nature and/or are nurtured by their ... -
Gone and almost forgotten the dynamics of professional white football in SA 1959-1990
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study has been positioned as a contribution to the emerging literature relating to issues of transformation in South African sport by exploring historical change in the demographics of professional ... -
The dynamics of the interaction between music and society in recorded popular Afrikaans music, 1900 – 2015.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis provides an analytical account of the interaction between political events and popular music culture with specific reference to recorded Afrikaans music of the last 115 years. It starts with ... -
The state, farmers and dairy farming in colonial Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), c.1890-1951
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis uses dairy farming in colonial Zimbabwe/Southern Rhodesia as a lens to explore the intersection of economic, social and environmental factors in colonial agriculture from the 1890s until ... -
A history of contestations over natural resources in the Lower Tchiri Valley in Malawi, c.1850-1960
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores hunting in the Lower Tchiri Valley as an arena in which African and white hunting interests as well as conservation policies precipitated insurgence and accommodation, collaboration ... -
Surfing, gender and politics : identity and society in the history of South African surfing culture in the twentieth-century.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is a socio-cultural history of the sport of surfing from 1959 to the 2000s in South Africa. It critically engages with the “South African Surfing History Archive”, collected in the course of ... -
Die rol van neentiende-eeuse fotografie in eietydse bewaring : William Roe en Graaff-Reinet
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to understand the role that 19th century photography can play in the reconstruction of an era and in the conservation of cultural heritage in the 21st century. The photo collection of ... -
'n Vergelykende ondersoek na die residensiele argitektuur van die Victoriaanse periode in Engeland en Suid-Afrika : die impak van abstrakte determinante op uiterlike vormgewing
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Architecture is a complex concept, and as such many factors contribute to its creation. These factors include geographical, economical and climatological aspects, but above all architecture is formed ... -
A historical study of industrial ethnicity in urban colonial Zimbabwe and its contemporary transitions : the case of African Harare, c. 1890-1980
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)This thesis provides a critical and historical analysis of industrial ethnicity in African Harare between the 1890s and 1980. It examines the origins, dynamics and ambiguities of industrial ethnicity in urban colonial ... -
A history of state veterinary services and African livestock regimes in colonial Zimbabwe, c.1896-1980
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the relationship between African traditional livestock regimes and state veterinary services in colonial Zimbabwe from the perspective of socio-environmental history. It offers ... -
Wartime propaganda in the Union of South Africa, 1939 - 1945
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: After the First World War (1914-1918) – the first “total war” in modern history, where whole populations, not just military forces, became participants in the war effort, the potential power of propaganda ... -
From life insurance to financial services : a historical analysis of Sanlam's client base, 1918-2004
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sanlam has long been stereotyped as an Afrikaans company. It has been positioned in Afrikaner nationalist historiography as one of a number of Afrikaner economic, cultural and political institutions that ... -
Sir William Milton : a leading figure in public school games, colonial politics and imperial expansion 1877-1914
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)This investigation is aimed at providing a better understanding of William Milton’s influence on society in southern Africa over a period of more than thirty years. In the absence of any previous detailed work, it will ... -
The Hammer and the Anvil : the convergence of United States and South African foreign policies during the Reagan and Botha Administrations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is an historical analysis of the American policy of Constructive Engagement and serves as a comprehensive review of that policy, its ideological foundation, formulation, aims, and strategies. ... -
South African Prisoner-Of-War experience during and after World War II : 1939-c.1950
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis narrates and analyses the experiences of a sample of South Africans who were captured during the Second World War. The research is based on oral testimony, memoirs, archival evidence and to ...
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