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

Mitchell, Laura J.

Laura J. Mitchell

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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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