Browsing Doctoral Degrees (History) by Title
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Die lewe en werk van Petrus Lafras Uys, 1797-1838
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-06)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is a biographical study of the life and contribution of Petrus Lafras Uys, a leading figure in the district of Uitenhage and later leader of the V oortrekkers. His actions are placed against ... -
Liminality, transformation and communitas : Afrikaans identities as viewed through the lens of South African Arts Festivals: 1995 – 2006
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)The study analyzes the reconfiguration of Afrikaans identities in post-apartheid South Africa as mediated by two prominent Afrikaans-orientated arts festivals, namely the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival and Aardklop. ... -
The middle stone age at Klasies River, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Late Pleistocene, Middle Stone Age artefact sequence at the Klasies River main site, was studied to establish what information this held for inferences on the emergence of symbolic thought and ... -
'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 ... -
Die neerslag van Art Deco in Suid-Afrika as manifestasie van 'n internasionale tydgees en styl, met spesifieke verwysing na die argitektuur
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The term Art Deco is derived from the renowned 1925 exhibition that took place in Paris, France namely L'Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes and only came about in 1966. It refers ... -
'n Ondersoek na die oorsprong en betekenis van plek- en plaasname in die landdrosdistrik Namakwaland
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1986-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: no abstract available -
Onderwys aan die Kaap onder die Kompanjie, 1652 - 1795 : 'n kultuur-historiese studie
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1936-12)VOORWOORD: Verskillende skrywers het verskillende interpretasies gegee van wat die eintlike onderwerp van die Geskiedenis van die Onderwys uitmaak. So is nog tot onlangs die beskouing gehuldig dat dit die geskiedenis ... -
Die opkoms, dinamika en betekenis van die Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees: 1995-2005
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-12)Funding for the Afrikaans arts before 1994 was greatly controlled by the National Party government through the four former provincial arts councils. With the political change in South Africa after 1994, the dismantling of ... -
Out in the cold : science and environment in the history of South Africa’s involvement in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic in the twentieth century
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study addresses a little-known but important part of South Africa’s history: its involvement with the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic in the twentieth century. It has a three-fold approach. Firstly, it ... -
The Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope, with special reference to party politics, 1872 to 1910
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1945)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: No abstract available -
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 ... -
Relations between South Africa and France with special reference to military matters, 1960-1990
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)This dissertation investigates the role played by France in the supply of military equipment and the transfer of technology to South Africa from 1960. This Franco-South African defence cooperation was opportune for South ... -
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 ... -
The role of tourism in the conservation of cultural heritage with particular relevance for South Africa
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-03)Three decades ago heritage tourism was virtually unknown as a tourism product and the only reference to the word ‘heritage’ was in the description of a legal process in a will by which a person received some or other ... -
Die Rynse Sendinggenootskap en grondkwessies in die Kareeberggrensgebied in die neëntiende eeu : met spesifieke verwysing na die Aandelboomsending
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis the focus is on the history of the Kareeberg Bastaards who lived in the Kareeberg region at the time of the establishment of the Amandelboom mission station by the Rhenish Mission Society ... -
Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff : sakeman en politikus aan die Kaap 1859 –1931
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is a biography of Sir David Pieter de Villiers Graaff, Bt, of Cape Town, who was born in 1859 and died in 1931. It covers his whole life span, from his birth as a poor farm boy in the district ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
