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Cape of storms: Surveying and rethinking popular resistance in the eighteenth-century Cape colony
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
In this article I provide a broad overview of resistance at the Cape under
the Dutch East India Company (VOC) undertaken by the multiracial and
multiethnic popular classes (low-ranking Company servants including soldiers
and ...
Dutch contexts of Cape burgher protests
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
This article seeks to emphasise the notion that the Cape settlement of the
VOC period needs to be studied within the context of the Dutch world and
not in isolation. In recent research, empires are seen more as a collection ...
Locating home where discourses of gender and empire intersect: An analysis of selected excerpts from Lady Anne Barnard’s Cape diaries and journals
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
Lady Anne Barnard’s abundant textual legacy has received a great deal of
academic attention with scholars scrutinising her letters, journals and diaries.
Although much excellent research has been done on her texts, no ...
Tavern of two oceans: Alcohol, taxes and leases in the seventeenth-century Dutch world
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
The retail of alcohol was so central to the economy and society of the Cape of
Good Hope during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that it earned the
nickname “tavern of two oceans”. This retail business was organised ...
The transnational factor: The beginnings of South Africa’s women’s movement
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
The South African women’s movement had its origins in the Cape, but it
also had a strong transnational relationship with countries such as the United
Kingdom and the United States. The earliest formally created ...
Warman, J. 2014. The class of ’79. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
Bossenbroek, M. 2015. The Boer War. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
Mlambo, A. 2014. A history of Zimbabwe. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
Johns, S. 2014. From protest to challenge: A documentary history of African politics in South Africa 1882-1990, Vol. 1, Protest and hope, 1882-1934. [Book review]
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
Loyalism in the Cape colony: Exploring the Khoesan subject-citizen space, c.1828-1834
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)
This article presents the argument that British loyalism became a defining
feature of Khoesan identity during the period from 1828 to 1834. The analysis
suggests that expressions of loyalty to the British Crown reflected ...