Browsing Humanities by Subject "History"
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Die tweede Britse verowering van die Kaap, 1806
(North-West University (South Africa), 1972)Die Tweede Britse Verowering van die Kaap dien as ʼn bewys vir die stelIing dat die lotgevalle van die Kaap, soos dié van Suid-Afrika later, grotendeels bepaal is deur gebeure duisende myle daarvandaan in Europa. In die ... -
An evaluation of 25 years of regional cooperation and integration in Africa: with specific reference to the SADC
(North-West University (South Africa) Mafikeng Campus, 2006)Regional Integration amongst the countries of Southern Africa is experiencing a fundamental realignment in the post- apartheid era. In the early 1980's the Southern African countries were heavily dependent on countries ... -
From war to workplace: class, race and gender amongst white volunteers, 1939-1953
(2001)Through a case study of the war and post-war experiences of those who volunteered to serve in the Second World War, the thesis explores aspects of the social and cultural history of white men in South Africa. The thesis ... -
The history of Gatsrand from the settling of the trekker community circa 1839 until the proclamation of Carletonville in 1948
(1988)Gatsrand (as a series of ridges) is not only a well-known geographical feature in the Western Transvaal, but it also features prominently as a definite area in the settlement history of the whites in the Transvaal. In fact, ... -
Die lewe, werk en invloed van F.V. Engelenburg in Suid-Afrika (1889 – 1938)
(2015)This dissertation is a historical biography of F.V. Engelenburg (1863-1938) and covers the period from 1889 to 1938, when Engelenburg lived and worked in South Africa. The study situates Engelenburg in the historical ... -
Die ontstaans- en vestigingsgeskiedenis van Potgietersrus, 1852-1904
(1990)Potgietersrus is one of the oldest towns in the Transvaal and at present no scientific study on the history of the town exists. It was therefore the aim of this study to obtain as much information as possible on the cultural ... -
Die polisiediens in die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
(1972)Die Transvaalse polisie het sy beslag gehad in die polisiestelsel van die Kaapkolonie soos aangepas by die bepaalde, en soms ongelyksoortige, behoeftes van verskillende ortrekkerpioniersnedersettings. Die stelsel, wat swaar ... -
Practicalising the significance of the “history-is-all-around-us” approach in and out of the classroom
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)The uniqueness of this study in “Practicalising the significance of the ‘history-is-all-around-us’” approach in and outside the classroom” is that it is a research engagement in the discipline of History with a strong ... -
Re–placing memories : time, space and cultural expression in Ivan Vladislavić's fiction
(North-West University, 2012)Ivan Vladislavić’s fiction shows a preoccupation with the South African past in terms of both time and space and with the influence of ideology on the interpretation of the past and of cultural artefacts such as cityscapes, ...