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Belongings: property, family, and identity in colonial South Africa : an exploration of frontiers, 1725-c. 1830)

Laura J. Mitchell 2014 © Columbia University Press
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  • 9780231512299 (ebook)
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright and Permissions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Orthography
  • I Beginnings
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 1 Establishing the Cedarberg
      • Introduction
      • Situating the Cedarberg
      • Populating the Cedarberg
      • The Colonial Context
    • Chapter 2 Establishing Frontiers
      • Introduction
      • Textures of Frontier Life
      • Specifics of Frontier Scholarship
      • Boundaries, Methods, and Sources
  • II Terms of Contest
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 3 Traces in the Landscape
      • Introduction
      • Khoisan Land Use
      • Loan Farms and the Colonial Frontier
      • Sites of Struggle in the Landscape
      • A Permanent Settler Presence
      • Changing Khoisan Land Tenure Options
    • Chapter 4 Traces of Community
      • Introduction
      • Identities, Contingent and Performed
      • Identity and the Control of Labor
      • Initial Social Permeability
      • Colonial Personas: Khoisan and Mixed-Race Communities
      • Colonial Personas: Settler Communities
  • III Mechanics of Conquest
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 5 Kinship and Identity: A van der Merwe Story
      • Introduction
      • Establishing a Beachhead at the Altar
      • Colonial Marriage Strategies: Consider the van der Merwes
      • Women's Role in Patrilineal Descent
      • Immigration and Endogamy
      • Spectacular Proliferation: Schalk van der Merwe and Anna Prevot
      • Some Elements of Settler Identity
      • Increasing Endogamy
    • Chapter 6 Domesticating the Cedarberg: A Burger Family Story
      • Introduction
      • Household Inventories, Historical Sources
      • Frontier Households
      • Meet the Burgers
        • Introduction
        • Generation 1: Barend Burger and Marietjie van der Merwe
        • Generation 2: Willem Burger and Elsje van der Merwe; Andries Burger and Maria van der Merwe; Barend Burger (the elder) and Margaretha Pasman
        • Inheritance in Generation 2: Elsje, Andries, and Margaretha
        • Generation 3: Barend Burger (the younger) and Helena Smit; Schalk Willem Burger and Hester Smit
        • Consumption in Generation 3: At Home on Halve Dorschvloer
      • Household Belongings, Frontier Dynamics: Change Over Generations
      • Frontier Domesticity and Colonial Identities
    • Chapter 7 Property and Community on Display: A Lubbe Family Auction
      • Introduction
      • How There Came to be Lubbes in These Parts
        • A Coming of Age
        • Securing the Next Generation's Place in the Landscape
      • Apportioning a Family's Belongings
      • Reckoning a Family's Place on the Frontier
    • Chapter 8 Caabwaards: A Tale of Camphers and van Wyks
      • Introduction
      • The Journey Caabwaards
      • Family Obligations: Visits and Resources
      • An Almost Typical Trip
      • The Spatial Exercise of Colonial Authority
  • IV Endings
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 9 Imposing Orthodoxy on the Frontier, or Why Endings Matter
      • Introduction
      • Orthodoxy and Closure
      • Orthodoxy and Periodization
      • Orthodoxy Experienced
      • Frontier Orthodoxy in a Global Context
      • Orthodoxy and Identity
    • Chapter 10 Celebrating the Cedarberg's Stories
  • Appendix A Nineteenth-Century Chronology in the Cedarberg
    • Introduction
    • The Era of Transitional Governments
    • Abolition of the Slave Trade
    • Clanwilliam Becomes a Subdrostdy
    • The Caledon Code
    • Introduction of Quitrent Land Tenure
    • Irish Settlers Arrive in Clanwilliam
    • Apparatus of Christian Churches Arrive
    • Ordinance 50
    • Emancipation of the Slaves
    • The Clanwilliam Magisterial District
  • Currency and Measures
  • Genealogy Charts
    • A Note on Family Tree Design
    • Key for Family Trees
    • Genealogy Charts
  • Notes
    • I Beginnings
    • Chapter 1 Establishing the Cedarberg
    • Chapter 2 Establishing Frontiers
    • Chapter 3 Traces in the Landscape
    • Chapter 4 Traces of Community
    • Chapter 5 Kinship and Identity: A van der Merwe Story
    • Chapter 6 Domesticating the Cedarberg: A Burger Family Story
    • Chapter 7 Property and Community on Display: A Lubbe Family Auction
    • Chapter 8 Caabwaards: A Tale of Camphers and van Wyks
    • Chapter 9 Imposing Orthodoxy on the Frontier, or Why Endings Matter
    • Chapter 10 Celebrating the Cedarberg's Stories
    • Appendix A Nineteenth-Century Chronology in the Cedarberg
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
    • Primary Sources
      • Archives and Other Collections
        • Algemeene Rijksarchief, The Hague (ARA)
        • Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris (BNF)
        • Deeds Office, Cape Town (DO)
        • Public Records Office, London (PRO)
        • Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
        • South African Archives, Cape Archives Depot (CA)
        • University of Cape Town, Spatial Archaeology Research Unit (SARU)
      • Published Primary Sources
      • Maps Consulted
        • Algemeene Rijksarchief
        • Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris (BNF)
        • Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
        • Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden
        • South African Surveyor General's Office (SASG)
        • Published maps
    • Secondary Sources
      • Published Books, Chapters, and Journal Articles
      • Unpublished Presentations and Papers
      • Unpublished Theses and Dissertations
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Willem Burger & Elsje van der Merwe's Descendants

Willem Burger & Elsje van der Merwe's Descendants

Willem Burger & Elsje van der Merwe's Descendants

Van der Merwe Monument at Boplaas

Van der Merwe Monument at Boplaas

Fig. 5.1. Van der Merwe Monument at Boplaas

Early Cedarberg Settler Farms

Early Cedarberg Settler Farms

Fig. 3.4. Early Cedarberg Settler Farms

Olifants River Valley

Olifants River Valley

Fig. 9.3. Olifants River Valley

Marietje van der Merwe & Barend Burger

Marietje van der Merwe & Barend Burger

Marietje van der Merwe & Barend Burger

Sophia van der Merwe & Roelof Pasman

Sophia van der Merwe & Roelof Pasman

Sophia van der Merwe & Roelof Pasman

Hendrik van der Merwe d'oud

Hendrik van der Merwe d'oud

Hendrik van der Merwe d'oud

The Van Wyk Family

The Van Wyk Family

Laura J. Mitchell

Laura J. Mitchell

Laura J. Mitchell

Magteld van der Merwe & Pieter van Heerden

Magteld van der Merwe & Pieter van Heerden

Magteld van der Merwe & Pieter van Heerden

Fig. 8.2. The Journey Caabwaards

Fig. 8.2. The Journey Caabwaards

Fig. 8.2. Fig. 8.2. The Journey Caabwaards

Van Heerden-Van der Merwe Marriages

Van Heerden-Van der Merwe Marriages

Van Heerden-Van der Merwe Marriages

Increasing Number of Loan Farm Claims in the Eighteenth Century

Increasing Number of Loan Farm Claims in the Eighteenth Century

Fig. 3.7. Increasing Number of Loan Farm Claims in the Eighteenth Century

Fig. 6.5. Willem Burger & Elsje van der Merwe's Descendants

Fig. 6.5. Willem Burger & Elsje van der Merwe's Descendants

Fig. 6.5. Willem Burger & Elsje van der Merwe's Descendants

Fig. 7.3. Barend & Martha's Children with Their Spouses

Fig. 7.3. Barend & Martha's Children with Their Spouses

Fig. 7.3. Barend & Martha's Children with Their Spouses

Fig. 6.2. The Burger Family

Fig. 6.2. The Burger Family

Fig. 6.2. The Burger Family

Schalk van der Merwe & Anna Prevot

Schalk van der Merwe & Anna Prevot

Schalk van der Merwe & Anna Prevot

The Doom River

The Doom River

Fig. 7.5. The Doom River

Rock Art Sites

Rock Art Sites

Fig. 3.2. Rock Art Sites

The Van der Merwe Family

The Van der Merwe Family

The Van der Merwe Family

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