Quantitative history and uncharted people : case studies from the South African past / edited by Johan Fourie.
| Other author/creator | Fourie, Johan, 1982- editor. |
| Format | Tactile Material, Book, and Print |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2023 |
| Description | xiii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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| Contents | Quantitative history and uncharted people / Johan Fourie -- Bridal pregnancy in the mother city, 1900-60 / Laura Richardson and Jan Kok -- Sex ratios and girl preference in the Cape, 1894-2011 / Johan Fourie and Francisco Marco-Gracia -- Khoe households in Swellendam, 1825 / Calumet Links -- Race reclassification in Cape Town, 1950-84 / Brittany Chalmer, Johan Fourie and Kris Inwood -- Advertising the enslaved for sale: A quantitative approach to the Zuid-Afrikaan, 1830-4 / Wouter Raaijmakers, Kate Ekama -- Domestic service in Cape Town before the Second World War / Amy Rommelspacher -- Female investors at the Cape, 1892-1902 / Lloyd Maphosa and Edward Kerby -- Black Africans in Cape Town, 1890-1939/ Nobungcwele Mbem and Michiel de Haas -- Political innovation in African Nationalist Organisations, 1880-90 / Jonathan Schoots -- Petitions to the Cape Parliament, 1854-1909 / Kara Dimitruk and Kelsey Lemon -- Death during the influenza of 1918 / Jonathan Jayes and Johan Fourie -- Quantitative history in practice / Johan Fourie. |
| Abstract | "A collection that applies quantitative methods to South African histories from below to demonstrate their value in uncovering the experiences of marginalised people"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Quantitative history and uncharted people London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023 9781350331167 |
| Genre/form | Case studies. |
| Genre/form | Statistics. |
| LCCN | 2023019429 |
| ISBN | 9781350331143 |
| ISBN | 9781350331150 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1350331155 |
| ISBN | 1350331147 |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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