Quantitative History and Uncharted People (eBook, PDF)

Case Studies from the South African Past
Redaktion: Fourie, Johan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

One of the biggest challenges in the study of history is the unreliable nature of traditional archival sources which omit histories of marginalised groups. This book makes the case that quantitative history offers a way to fill these gaps in the archive.

Showcasing 13 case studies from the South African past, it applies quantitative sources, tools and methods to social histories from below to uncover the experiences of unchartered peoples. Examining the occupations of slaves, victims of the Spanish flu, health of schoolchildren and more, it shows how quantitative tools can be particularly powerful in regions where historical records are preserved, but questions of bias and prejudice pervade. Applying methods such as GIS mapping, network analysis and algorithmic matching techniques it explores histories of indigenous peoples, women, enslaved peoples and other groups marginalised in South African history.

Connecting quantitative sources and new forms of data interpretation with a narrative social history, this book offers a fresh approach to quantitative methods and shows how they can be used to achieve a more complete picture of the past.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350331174
• Artikelnr.: 68315139

Autorenporträt

Johan Fourie is Professor of Economic History at Stellenbosch University, South Africa where he teaches quantitative and economic history. He is the principal investigator of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded 'Biography of an Uncharted People' project.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Foreword
Robert Ross Preface 1. Quantitative History and Uncharted People
Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University
South Africa) 2. Bridal Pregnancy in the Mother City
1900-1960
Laura Richardson (University of Cambridge
UK) and Jan Kok (Nijmegen University
The Netherlands) 3. Sex Ratios and Girl Preference in the Cape
1894-2011
Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University
South Africa) and Francisco Marco-Gracia (University of Zaragoza
Spain) 4. Khoe Households in Swellendam
1825
Calumet Links (Stellenbosch University
South Africa) 5. Race Reclassification in Cape Town
1950-1984
Brittany Chalmers (Stellenbosch University
South Africa)
Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University
South Africa) and Kris Inwood (Guelph University
Canada) 6. Advertising the Enslaved for Sale: A Quantitative Approach to the Zuid-Afrikaan
1830-1834
Wouter Raaijmakers (Radboud University
The Netherlands) and Kate Ekama (Stellenbosch University
South Africa) 7. Domestic Service in Cape Town Before the Second World War
Amy Rommelspacher (Stellenbosch University
South Africa) 8. Female Investors at the Cape
1892-1902
Lloyd Maphosa (Stellenbosch University
South Africa) and Edward Kerby (Stellenbosch University
South Africa) 9. Black Africans in Cape Town
1890-1939
Nobungcwele Mbem (Stellenbosch University
South Africa) and Michiel de Haas (Wageningen University
The Netherlands) 10. Political Innovation in African Nationalist Organisations
1880-1890
Jonathan Schoots (University of Chicago
USA) 11. Petitions to the Cape Parliament
1854-1909
Kara Dimitruk (Swarthmore College
USA) and Kelsey Lemon (Stellenbosch University
South Africa) 12. Death During the Influenza of 1918
Jonathan Jayes (Lund University
Sweden) and Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University
South Africa) 13. Quantitative History in Practice
Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University
South Africa)