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Author Mitchell, Laura Jane, 1963- author

Title Belongings : property, family, and identity in colonial South Africa : an exploration of frontiers, 1725-c. 1830 / Laura J. Mitchell
Published [New York, N.Y.] : Columbia University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages)
Series Gutenberg-e series
Gutenberg (e)
Contents Establishing the Cedarberg -- Establishing frontiers -- Traces in the landscape -- Traces of community -- Kinship and identity : a van der Merwe story -- Domesticating the Cedarberg : a Burger family story -- Property and community on display : a Lubbe family auction -- Caabwaards : a tale of Camphers and van Wyks -- Imposing orthodoxy on the frontier, or why endings matter -- Celebrating the Cedarberg's stories
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Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2001
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
SUBJECT Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie. fast (OCoLC)fst00548217
Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- South Africa -- Cedar Mountains
Land settlement -- South Africa -- Cedar Mountains -- History
Land tenure -- South Africa -- Cedar Mountains -- History
Real property -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Cedar Mountains -- History
Social conflict -- South Africa -- Cedar Mountains -- History
Families -- South Africa -- Cedar Mountains -- History
Group identity -- South Africa -- Cedar Mountains -- History
Labor market -- South Africa -- Cedar Mountains -- History
Land use, Rural -- South Africa -- Cedar Mountains -- History
Colonization.
Ethnic relations.
Families.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Group identity.
Labor market.
Land settlement.
Land tenure.
Land use, Rural.
Real property -- Social aspects.
Social conflict.
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Grundeigentum
SUBJECT Cedar Mountains (South Africa) -- Colonization
Cedar Mountains (South Africa) -- Ethnic relations
Subject South Africa -- Cedar Mountains.
Cedar Berg
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780231512299
0231512295
Other Titles Property, family, and identity in colonial South Africa : an exploration of frontiers, 1725-c. 1830