Browsing Journals by Subject "Cape Town"
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Dynasty building, family networks and social capital: alcohol pachters and the development of a colonial elite at the Cape of Good Hope, c. 1760-1790.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)A hallmark of colonisation was extensive social reconfiguration, leading to the development of local elites which differed from the metropolitan and indigenous patterns. Historians of the Cape of Good Hope during the ... -
Fashion and the world of the women of the VOC official elite
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)During the early modern period material culture increasingly started to serve as symbols of identity and status rather than merely fulfilling a basic need. One example of such possessions that was particularly relevant ... -
Marriage in the Mother City: The Anglican marriage records of Cape Town, 1865-1960
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)As a social institution that permeates almost all societies, marriage trends and practices are studied across the social sciences. Yet South African marriages, past and present, remain understudied, notably because of a ... -
Race and ethnicity in South African urban history : A call to investigate “mingling” as well as “separation” in the city
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2021)This article argues that more methodical attention should be given by historians to both the extent and nature of racial and ethnic mingling of people, ideas and cultures across the range of such potential divides in ...