Author: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
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Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 558
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Records of the Cape Colony: Jan to Feb. 1827
Author: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
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Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 558
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Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 558
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Records of the Cape Colony from February 1793
Author: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
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Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Records of the Cape Colony, from February 1793 to April 1831
Author: Cape of Good Hope (Colony)
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Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Riding High
Author: Sandra Swart
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1868148548
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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An examination of the role of horses in the colonial economies of South Africa Horses were key to the colonial economies of southern Africa, buttressing the socio-political order and inspiring contemporary imaginations. Just as they had done in Europe, Asia, the Americas and North Africa, these equine colonizers not only provided power and transportation to settlers (and later indigenous peoples) but also helped transform their new biophysical and social environments. The horses introduced to the southern tip of Africa were not only agents but subjects of enduring changes. This book explores the introduction of these horses under VOC rule in the mid-seventeenth century, their dissemination into the interior, their acquisition by indigenous groups and their ever-shifting roles. In undergoing their relocation to the Cape, the horse of the Dutch empire in southeast Asia experienced a physical transformation over time. Establishing an early breeding stock was fraught with difficulty and horses remained vulnerable in the new and dangerous environment. They had to be nurtured into defending their owners' ambitions: first those of the white settlement and then African and other hybrid social groupings. The book traces the way horses were adapted by shifting human needs in the nineteenth century. It focuses on their experiences in the South African War, on the cusp of the twentieth century, and highlights how horses remained integral to civic functioning on various levels, replaced with mechanization only after lively debate. The book thus reinserts the horse into the broader historical narrative. The socio-economic and political ramifications of their introduction is delineated. The idea of ecological imperialism is tested in order to draw southern African environmental history into a wider global dialogue on socio-environmental historiographical issues. The focus is also on the symbolic dimension that led horses to be both feared and desired. Even the sensory dimensions of this species' interaction with human societies is explored. Finally, the book speculates about what a new kind of history that takes animals seriously might offer us.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1868148548
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
An examination of the role of horses in the colonial economies of South Africa Horses were key to the colonial economies of southern Africa, buttressing the socio-political order and inspiring contemporary imaginations. Just as they had done in Europe, Asia, the Americas and North Africa, these equine colonizers not only provided power and transportation to settlers (and later indigenous peoples) but also helped transform their new biophysical and social environments. The horses introduced to the southern tip of Africa were not only agents but subjects of enduring changes. This book explores the introduction of these horses under VOC rule in the mid-seventeenth century, their dissemination into the interior, their acquisition by indigenous groups and their ever-shifting roles. In undergoing their relocation to the Cape, the horse of the Dutch empire in southeast Asia experienced a physical transformation over time. Establishing an early breeding stock was fraught with difficulty and horses remained vulnerable in the new and dangerous environment. They had to be nurtured into defending their owners' ambitions: first those of the white settlement and then African and other hybrid social groupings. The book traces the way horses were adapted by shifting human needs in the nineteenth century. It focuses on their experiences in the South African War, on the cusp of the twentieth century, and highlights how horses remained integral to civic functioning on various levels, replaced with mechanization only after lively debate. The book thus reinserts the horse into the broader historical narrative. The socio-economic and political ramifications of their introduction is delineated. The idea of ecological imperialism is tested in order to draw southern African environmental history into a wider global dialogue on socio-environmental historiographical issues. The focus is also on the symbolic dimension that led horses to be both feared and desired. Even the sensory dimensions of this species' interaction with human societies is explored. Finally, the book speculates about what a new kind of history that takes animals seriously might offer us.
Records of the Cape Colony: Dec. 1827-April 1831
Author: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
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Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York
Author: Stephen C. Hutchins
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Category : Administrative and political divisions
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Each edition contains "the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time."
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Category : Administrative and political divisions
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Each edition contains "the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time."
Dictionary Catalog of the University Library, 1919-1962
Author: University of California, Los Angeles. Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1060
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1060
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The Island
Author: Harriet Deacon
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864862990
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Robben Island is a low-lying outcrop of rock and sand guarding the entrance to South Africa's Table Bay. Although it is just a few kilometres long and a barely swimmable distance from Cape Town, it may well be the most significant historical site in South Africa today.
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864862990
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Robben Island is a low-lying outcrop of rock and sand guarding the entrance to South Africa's Table Bay. Although it is just a few kilometres long and a barely swimmable distance from Cape Town, it may well be the most significant historical site in South Africa today.
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage, and Companionage
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Category : Baronetage
Languages : en
Pages : 3144
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Category : Baronetage
Languages : en
Pages : 3144
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Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History, 1795-1910
Author: George von Welfling Eybers
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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