Doctoral Degrees (History)
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A social, environmental and political history of drought in Zimbabwe, c.1911 to 1992
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores eight decades of social, environmental, and political history of drought in Zimbabwe from around 1911, when the first major drought under colonial rule occurred, to 1992, which saw ... -
A social, economic and environmental history of African small grain in Zimbabwe from the pre-colonial past and present
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines the social, economic, and environmental history of African small grains – sorghum, millet and rapoko – in what is today Zimbabwe. It traces their development over shifting social, ... -
Die rol van immigrante van St. Helena-eiland in die Kaapse en Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing, met spesifieke verwysing na die periode 1808-1908
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: St. Helena's strategic location has led the Portuguese and other European seafarers to use the island as a halfway station on their voyages to and from the East since the early 1500`s. The island ... -
More than just pretty girls in uniform : a historical study of women's military roles during World War II, 1939-1945
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Women’s Auxiliary Defence Corps (WADC) was created in 1940 and consisted of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Service (WAAS), Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and Women’s Auxiliary Naval Service (WANS). ... -
A socio-economic history of coffee production in Mbinga District, Tanzania, c. 1920 - 2015
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The research focused on the foundation, development, fortunes, and socio-economic impact of the coffee industry on smallholder coffee producers in the Mbinga District for the period from 1920 to 2015. ... -
A historical analysis of joint stock companies in the Cape Colony between 1892 and 1902
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The promulgation of laws sanctioning the use of limited liability joint stock companies during the nineteenth century has been linked to economic growth in Europe and North America. These ... -
A socio-enviromental history of commercial tobacco farming in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, c.1893-2000s
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the relationship between tobacco farmers (both black and white) and the environment in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe and how this relationship shaped physical landscapes, agricultural ... -
A social history of African dog-owners in Zimbabwe, 1890-2018
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines the history of human-dog relations in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe from 1890 to 2018. It argues that from the pre-colonial period, dogs have had a variety of significant but shifting ... -
'n Genealogiese analise van die Cyster-familie van Pniël : hulle bydrae tot die ontwikkeling van 'n sendingdorp en 'n geslote gemeenskap in Suid-Afrika
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This is a study of the family history of the Cyster family of the mission station in Pniël in the Western Cape. The overview of the family history starts before the inception of the mission station in ... -
'n Genealogiese analise van 'n enkele familie as verteenwoordiging van ’n kultuurgroep : 'n ondersoek na nuwe perspektiewe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study deals with the two Spies progenitors, Johannes Ulrich Spies and Philip Peeter Spies, and their descendants. It starts at their home in Germany, discusses the motives why they came to the Cape ... -
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 ...
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