A man for all reasons : an economic and political biography of Sir Abe Bailey, 1864-1940

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dc.contributor.advisorChetty, Suryakanthieen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSteinke, Katherineen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of History.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-31T08:07:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T23:22:07Z
dc.date.available2024-01-31T08:07:31Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T23:22:07Z
dc.date.issued2024-03
dc.descriptionThesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2024.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sir Abe Bailey, 1864-1940, was a South African business magnate and statesman, who left a lasting legacy on the economic and political scenes of his homeland. Born into a middle-class, immigrant family in the Cape Colony, Bailey navigated the complex landscape of colonial-era South Africa, emerging as one of the period's most salient and idiosyncratic figures. Drawing on various historical documents and primary sources, this study details the development of Bailey's rise in the economic sphere, exploring the strategies, technologies, and historical events that enabled him to amass a vast fortune, during the rise of Johannesburg and the gold mining industry. Delving into Bailey's multi-faceted life, this thesis seeks to understand his political legacy. It examines both his successes and setbacks in South Africa's political arena, as well as his motivations, aspirations, and ultimate impact on the nation's political past. The interplay of these two themes of economics and politics provides insight into the dynamics of wealth and power in the late 19th, and early to mid-20th centuries. This biography analyses both the positive and adverse features of Bailey’s character and actions and draws a more comprehensive picture than has been available from previous studies. “A Man For All Reasons: A Biographical Analysis of Abe Bailey,” offers a detailed analysis of Bailey’s life and impact, and his relationship with South Africa’s tumultuous past.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Meneer Abe Bailey, 1864-1940, was 'n Suid-Afrikaanse sakemagnaat en staatsman, wat 'n blywende nalatenskap op die ekonomiese en politieke tonele van sy vaderland gelaat het. Bailey is in 'n middelklas, immigrantegesin in die Kaapkolonie gebore en het die komplekse landskap van koloniale era Suid-Afrika navigeer en uiteindelik na vore getree as een van die tydperk se mees opvallende en eiesoortige figure. Met behulp van verskeie historiese dokumente en primêre bronne, beskryf hierdie studie die ontwikkeling van Bailey se opkoms in die ekonomiese sfeer, en ondersoek die strategieë, tegnologieë en historiese gebeure wat hom in staat gestel het om 'n groot fortuin te maak tydens die opkoms van Johannesburg en die goudmyn bedryf. Deur Bailey se veelsydige lewe te ondersoek, poog hierdie tesis om sy politieke nalatenskap te verstaan. Dit ondersoek beide sy suksesse en terugslae in Suid-Afrika se politieke arena, sowel as sy motiverings, aspirasies en uiteindelike impak op die land se politieke verlede. Die wisselwerking van hierdie twee temas bied insig in die dinamika van rykdom en mag in die laat 19de, en vroeë tot middel 20ste eeue. Hierdie biografie ontleed beide die positiewe en ongunstige kenmerke van Bailey se karakter en optrede, en teken 'n meer omvattende prentjie as wat uit vorige studies beskikbaar is. Tot op hede is slegs 'n enkele studie van die finansier vervaardig, en sedertdien het ander navorsers sy verskillende bydraes tot sport- en kultuurgeskiedenis ondersoek. Om hierdie leemte aan te spreek, bied “’n Man vir alle redes: ‘n Biografiese Ontleding van Abe Bailey,” ’n gedetailleerde ontleding van Bailey se lewe en impak, en sy verhouding met Suid-Afrika se onstuimige verlede.af_ZA
dc.description.versionMastersen_ZA
dc.format.extentix, 119 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/130596
dc.language.isoen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshBailey, Abe, 1864-1940 -- Influenceen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshBusinessmen -- South Africa -- Biographyen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshStatesmen -- South Africa -- Biographyen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshSouth Africa -- Politics and governmenten_ZA
dc.subject.lcshImperialismen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshGold mines and mining -- South Africa -- Johannesburg -- Historyen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshCapitalists and financiers -- South Africa -- Biographyen_ZA
dc.subject.nameUCTD
dc.titleA man for all reasons : an economic and political biography of Sir Abe Bailey, 1864-1940en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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