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Browsing Historical and Heritage Studies by Type "Dissertation"
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Van Wyk, Martha Susanna
(University of Pretoria, 1998)
From especially the 1950's, campaigns had been launched by the Afro-Asian nations in
the United Nations for the institution of mandatory sanctions against South Africa. In all
the early campaigns, South Africa had rather ...
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Masiteng, Itumeleng Nonkululeko
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
This research explores the history and dynamics of curation and repatriation of human remains
in South African museums. In this dissertation, I interrogate the role played by colonialism and
apartheid in the acquisition ...
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Brammer, Birgit
(University of Pretoria, 2008-09-10)
In 1885 Adele Steinwender arrived in South Africa from Germany. Her vocation was that of a teacher, but unlike the majority of white women who moved to the colonies to teach, Steinwender taught the children of the missionaries, ...
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Van Niekerk, Melt
(University of Pretoria, 2013-01-08)
AFRIKAANS: Dit was die oorspronklike doel om in hierdie verhandeling ‘n volledige relaas van die Duitse vrywilligers se aandeel aan die Tweede Vryheidstryd van die Afrikanervolk te verstrek. Namate die navorsing gevorder ...
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Illsley, John William
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
The historiography of aviation has tended to view the realms of civil and military aviation as disparate endeavours whose development has by and large followed separate paths. In considering the earliest years of flying ...
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Melck, Marcus
(University of Pretoria, 2012)
The history of the Afrikadeutschen of Kroondal that began with the formation of the Hermannsburg Mission Society in 1849 and that grew to encompass a century of German nationalism over the course of the late nineteenth and ...
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Van Wyk, Barry
(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-04)
This is a study of the transition to democracy in South Africa. Within a broad theoretical framework it poses and addresses the seminal historical question of why apartheid ended as it did, and why democracy superseded ...
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Wyllie, Richard
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
"In a world beset by conflict and division, peace is one of the
cornerstones of the future. Peace parks are building blocks in this
process, not only in our region, but potentially in the entire world."
These words of ...
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Niemand, Dominique
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
This inquiry provides a narrative on the experiences of white Afrikaner females during
1980 and 1990 in South Africa. The Defence Amendment act of 1967 declared that every
white male is to complete compulsory military ...
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Timmerman, Daniel Jack Johan
(University of Pretoria, 1969)
No abstract available
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Michler, Bronwyn Louise
(University of Pretoria, 2005-11-05)
Henri-Alexandre Junod was a missionary and a prolific student and writer, whose interests also included the natural sciences and anthropology. In the last two decades he has increasingly come under the spotlight of scholarly ...
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Gebhard, Wolfgang Robert Leo
(University of Pretoria, 2009-05-11)
Please read the abstract in the section 09summary of this document
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Slot, Pieternella Imkje
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
Economic pressure in the aftermath of the Second World War (1939-1945), resulted in
many individuals and families emigrating from the Netherlands to South Africa. This
group of emigrants represented a wide variety of ...
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Hansen, Birgit Ursula
(University of Pretoria, 2022-11)
This thesis analyses the representation of the Khoisan in two very distinct visual media, film and formally curated exhibitions in the mid to late 20th century. Films and museum exhibitions are read in relation to the ...
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Coetzee, Martin
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
The purpose of this dissertation is to construct a corporate biography of Schlesinger with a view to establishing the extent to which he and his media empire gave effect to American cultural imperialism. In particular, the ...
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Schoeman, Agatha Elizabeth
(University of Pretoria, 1933)
No abstract available.
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Muller, Cornelis Hermanus
(University of Pretoria, 2011-12-09)
This dissertation puts into historical context allegations of farm labour abuse during the period 1948 to 1960 on the eastern Transvaal Highveld. It not only gives an exposition of these events, but importantly analyses ...
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Lugtenburg, A
(University of Pretoria, 1989)
Die probleemstelling in hierdie skripsie en die hipotese wat
gemaak word sentreer random die beeldhouer Coert Steynberg, die
Krugerkop en die jarelange polemiek random hierdie saak.
Die hipotese wat bewys moet word is ...
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Turner, Chanel Emily
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Tourism has received much attention in recent years in the academic environment with regard to the negative impacts of tourism (Meethan et al., 2006; Hall & Lew, 2009; Wall & Mathieson, 2006; Wang, 1999; Cooper et al., ...
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Kahuno, Maryanne Njeri
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Cultural festivals have become a prominent topic of research because of their socio-economic value. However, thus far, limited research has been conducted on the more profound issue of the possible contribution of festivals ...