THE MISSING PEOPLE: ACCOUNTING FOR THE PRODUCTIVITY OF INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS IN CAPE COLONIAL HISTORY.
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Journal of African History; Jul2015, Vol. 56 Issue 2, p195-215, 21p
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FOURIE, JOHAN;GREEN, ERIK
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Journal of African History; Jul2015, Vol. 56 Issue 2, p195-215, 21p
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Because information about the livelihoods of indigenous groups in Africa is often miss...
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THE MISSING PEOPLE: ACCOUNTING FOR THE PRODUCTIVITY OF INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS IN CAPE COLONIAL HISTORY.
Journal of African History; Jul2015, Vol. 56 Issue 2, p195-215, 21p
Because information about the livelihoods of indigenous groups in Africa is often missing from colonial records, the presence of such people usually escapes attention in quantitative estimates of colonial economic activity. This is nowhere more apparent than in the eighteenth-century Dutch Cape Colony, where the role of the Khoesan in Cape production, despite being frequently acknowledged, has been almost completely ignored in quantitative investigations. Combining household-level settler data with anecdotal accounts of Khoesan labour, this article presents new estimates of the Khoesan population of the Cape Colony. Our results show that the Khoesan did not leave the area as a consequence of settler expansion. On the contrary, the number of Khoesan employed by the settlers increased over time, as the growth of settler farming followed a pattern of primitive accumulation and drove the Khoesan to abandon their pastoral lifestyle to become farm labourers. We show that, in failing to include the Khoesan population, previous estimates have overestimated slave productivity, social inequality, and the level of gross domestic product in the Cape Colony. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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AFRICA - KXOE (African people) - SOUTH African economy - CAPE of Good Hope (South Africa) politics & government - ADMINISTRATION of Dutch colonies - SLAVERY - HISTORY of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, to 1795 - AFRICAN history - ECONOMIC conditions in Africa, to 1918Content provider:
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Settler skills and colonial development: the Huguenot wine-makers in eighteenth-century Dutch South Africa .
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Economic History Review; Nov2014, Vol. 67 Issue 4, p932-963, 32p, 10 Charts, 2 Graphs, 1 Map
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Fourie, Johan;Fintel, Dieter
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Economic History Review; Nov2014, Vol. 67 Issue 4, p932-963, 32p, 10 Charts, 2 Graphs, 1 Map
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The institutional literature emphasizes local conditions in explaining divergent colon...
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Settler skills and colonial development: the Huguenot wine-makers in eighteenth-century Dutch South Africa .
Economic History Review; Nov2014, Vol. 67 Issue 4, p932-963, 32p, 10 Charts, 2 Graphs, 1 Map
The institutional literature emphasizes local conditions in explaining divergent colonial development. We posit that this view can be enriched by an important supplyside cause: the skills with which the settlers arrive. The Huguenots who arrived at the Cape Colony in 1688/9, we argue, possessed skills different from those of the incumbent farmers, and this enabled them to become more productive wine-makers. We demonstrate this by showing that this difference is explained by none of the standard factors of production, nor by any institutional differences between the French and the Dutch. We observe that a group of Huguenot descendants from wine-producing regions maintained their advantage in wine-making at the Cape over several generations. This disparity cannot be satisfactorily explained as resulting from first-mover advantage or social capital. Specialized skills gave the Huguenots from wine-producing regions a sustained competitive advantage. Our results show that colonial institutions are shaped not only by whether immigrants settle or not, which legal system they adopt, or their language, religion, or beliefs, but by the set of skills, knowledge, and experience brought from their country of origin. As such, crosscountry comparisons may blur much of the detail when we analyse the effect that settlers have on the destination country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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SOUTH Africa - HISTORY of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa - AGRICULTURAL development - VINTNERS - HISTORY of wine - HUGUENOTS - SOUTH African economy - PRODUCTION (Economic theory) - EIGHTEENTH century - ECONOMIC conditions in Africa, to 1918Content provider:
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Explaining ship traffic fluctuations at the early Cape settlement 1652-1793.
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South African Journal of Economic History; Sep2008, Vol. 23 Issue 1/2, p1-27, 27p, 1 Chart, 6 Graphs
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Boshoff, Willem H.;Fourie, Johan
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South African Journal of Economic History; Sep2008, Vol. 23 Issue 1/2, p1-27, 27p, 1 Chart, 6 Graphs
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Explaining ship traffic fluctuations at the early Cape settlement 1652-1793.
South African Journal of Economic History; Sep2008, Vol. 23 Issue 1/2, p1-27, 27p, 1 Chart, 6 Graphs
The article discusses the historical growth and decline of ship traffic in Table Bay, South Africa between 1652 and 1793. It examines previous research that has explored ship traffic in the region and discusses the validity of historic evidence presented in the work "Dutch-Asiatic Shipping in the 17th and 18th Centuries." The authors explore the relationship between the economy of Table Bay, South Africa and the ships that frequented its port. They address the debate over how significant a role shipping played in Table Bay's economy in light of research suggesting more market oriented economies flourished in South African cape colonies.
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TABLE Bay (South Africa) - SOUTH Africa - NETHERLANDS - DANSKE ostindiske kompagni - SHIPS - MARITIME shipping - SOUTH African economy - OCEAN travel - BAYS - DUTCH politics & government - HISTORY - COMMERCE - ECONOMIC conditions in Africa, to 1918 - INTERNATIONAL relationsContent provider:
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"Your satisfaction, not mere proit is our aim": A traditional English family enterprise and the textile industry -- Arthur Bales and Son, from 1902.
Maritz, Leandie;Thorius, Ingrid;Verhoef, Grietjie
Worrying times ahead.
Preece, Howard
The article comments on the impact of global economy from 2003-2006 to South Africa (S...
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Worrying times ahead.
Finweek. 1/18/2007, p42-42. 1p.
The article comments on the impact of global economy from 2003-2006 to South Africa (SA). The author asserts that the economy experienced a strong growth during within this period. He adds that SA performed also did well than in the 80s and 90s. According to him, some foreign political and financial sanctions affects the SA economy. However, he is worried about the potential economic threat from the U.S. and China that might affect SA and other nations.
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INTERNATIONAL competition - SAVINGS - ECONOMIC development - SOUTH African economy - ECONOMIC conditions in Africa, to 1918 - SOUTH AfricaContent provider:
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Ironic history.
Basson, Deon
The article reports that Absa Bank Ltd.'s acquisition by Barclays PLC has historic con...
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Ironic history.
Finance Week. 5/18/2005, p19-19. 4/5p.
The article reports that Absa Bank Ltd.'s acquisition by Barclays PLC has historic connotations in the context of the South Africa's political history that has badly affected the country's economy over the past century. One of Absa's predecessors, Volkskas, was the result of Afrikaner empowerment, whose need was to do their own economic thing. Then decades of successes and failures followed, including economic infighting between northern and southern Afrikaners.
