Russel Viljoen
Biographic Data
| ID | 179655 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Russel Viljoen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Russel |
| FAMILY NAME | Viljoen |
| SIGNATURE | VILJOEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Literacy at South African Mission Stations
Measures of education quality – primarily, years of schooling or literacy rates – are widely used to ascertain the contribution of human capital formation to long-run economic growth and development. This article, using a census of 4,678 mission station residents, documents literacy and numeracy rates of non-white citizens in nineteenth-century South Africa. The 1849 census allows for an investigation into how the mission stations influenced the …
The 1849 Census of Cape Missions
In this article, we discuss a census made of the Cape mission stations in 1849. First, we analyse how it came into being, in terms both of the political pressure which led to the decision of the Legislative Council of the Cape Colony to order its compilation, and of the process by which the actual work was done. Second, we present a number of the more salient of the results of the census, which allow for the first time a full compilation of the n…
Soil Once His Own’
Biographies and short life-histories of Khoikhoi individuals and people of Khoikhoi descent form an integral part of South African historiography and Khoisan studies. Missionary diaries, baptismal registers, court records, official colonial correspondence and travel accounts have enabled historians to retrieve credibly the 'hidden histories' of colonial characters
Jan Paerl, a Khoikhoi in Cape Colonial Society 1761-1851
Jan Paerl (1761-1851) was the initiator of what is arguably the first millenarian movement in colonial South Africa. In this biography of the Khoikhoi Jan Paerl light is being shed on this new form of resistance against colonial domination in Cape society. As the prophet, Onsen Liewen Heer, Paerl initiated a quasi-millenarian movement by persuading believers to reassert their Khoikhoi identity and reclaim the “land of their forefathers”. This stu…
Indentured Labour and Khoikhoi ‘Equality’ before the Law in Cape Colonial Society, South Africa
In July 1796, Johannes Albertyn, a well-respected burgher of Stellenbosch, requested permission from Ryno van der Riet, landdrost of Stellenbosch, the chief administrative and legal officer of the district, to indenture four Khoikhoi children. He claimed that their mother, Catryn Paerl, had died recently and that before her demise, she had requested him in the presence of witnesses to raise her children and deny their biological father Jan Paerl …
Aboriginal Khoikhoi Servants and Their Masters in Colonial Swellendam, South Africa, 1745–1795
Research Article| January 01 2001 Aboriginal Khoikhoi Servants and Their Masters in Colonial Swellendam, South Africa, 1745–1795 Russel Viljoen Russel Viljoen Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2001) 75 (1): 28–51. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-75.1.28 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Russel Viljoen; Aboriginal Khoikhoi Servants and Their Masters in Colonial …
Aboriginal Khoikhoi Servants and Their Masters in Colonial Swellendam, South Africa, 1745-1795
L'article etudie l'emploi des domestiques d'origine aborigene, issus des communautes Khoikhoi dans le Swellendam colonial en Afrique du Sud entre 1745 et 1795. L'auteur analyse la relation de cette communaute avec les colons et decrit l'organisation de l'agriculture dans cette region, en axant la recherche sur des eleveurs semi-nomades, que l'on designait sous le terme de trekboers
Medicine, health and medical practice in precolonial Khoikhoi society
This paper explores the role and function of medicine, and medical practices in precolonial Khoikhoi society, South Africa. It argues that medicine and medical practice was deeply imbedded in Khoikhoi society at the time of colonization, proving that a sound culture of medicine and health existed for centuries
Khoisan Heritage and Identity
South Africa in World War II
No abstract available
Till Murder Do Us Part’
(1995). ‘Till Murder Do Us Part’: The Story of Griet and Hendrik Eksteen. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 13-32
N Kritiese Oorweging Van Enkele Implikasies Van Neo-Positivistiese Postulate Vir Die Sosiologie
Neo-positivistic postulates of science hold certain important implications for Sociology. These postulates are indicated and some implications briefly discussed. The implications, inter alia, that the scientist should only consider tint which is perceptible to human senses in the pursuit of science, that all propositions regarding the nature of that which precipitate human responses are metaphysical hypotheses outside the scope of science, and th…
Literacy at South African Mission Stations
Measures of education quality – primarily, years of schooling or literacy rates – are widely used to ascertain the contribution of human capital formation to long-run economic growth and development. This article, using a census of 4,678 mission station residents, documents literacy and numeracy rates of non-white citizens in nineteenth-century South Africa. The 1849 census allows for an investigation into how the mission stations influenced the …
Indentured Labour and Khoikhoi ‘Equality’ before the Law in Cape Colonial Society, South Africa
In July 1796, Johannes Albertyn, a well-respected burgher of Stellenbosch, requested permission from Ryno van der Riet, landdrost of Stellenbosch, the chief administrative and legal officer of the district, to indenture four Khoikhoi children. He claimed that their mother, Catryn Paerl, had died recently and that before her demise, she had requested him in the presence of witnesses to raise her children and deny their biological father Jan Paerl …
Medicine, health and medical practice in precolonial Khoikhoi society
This paper explores the role and function of medicine, and medical practices in precolonial Khoikhoi society, South Africa. It argues that medicine and medical practice was deeply imbedded in Khoikhoi society at the time of colonization, proving that a sound culture of medicine and health existed for centuries
Till Murder Do Us Part’
(1995). ‘Till Murder Do Us Part’: The Story of Griet and Hendrik Eksteen. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 13-32
N Kritiese Oorweging Van Enkele Implikasies Van Neo-Positivistiese Postulate Vir Die Sosiologie
Neo-positivistic postulates of science hold certain important implications for Sociology. These postulates are indicated and some implications briefly discussed. The implications, inter alia, that the scientist should only consider tint which is perceptible to human senses in the pursuit of science, that all propositions regarding the nature of that which precipitate human responses are metaphysical hypotheses outside the scope of science, and th…
South Africa in World War II
No abstract available
Till Murder Do Us Part’
(1995). ‘Till Murder Do Us Part’: The Story of Griet and Hendrik Eksteen. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 13-32
Khoisan Heritage and Identity
Medicine, health and medical practice in precolonial Khoikhoi society
This paper explores the role and function of medicine, and medical practices in precolonial Khoikhoi society, South Africa. It argues that medicine and medical practice was deeply imbedded in Khoikhoi society at the time of colonization, proving that a sound culture of medicine and health existed for centuries
Aboriginal Khoikhoi Servants and Their Masters in Colonial Swellendam, South Africa, 1745–1795
Research Article| January 01 2001 Aboriginal Khoikhoi Servants and Their Masters in Colonial Swellendam, South Africa, 1745–1795 Russel Viljoen Russel Viljoen Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2001) 75 (1): 28–51. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-75.1.28 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Russel Viljoen; Aboriginal Khoikhoi Servants and Their Masters in Colonial …
Aboriginal Khoikhoi Servants and Their Masters in Colonial Swellendam, South Africa, 1745-1795
L'article etudie l'emploi des domestiques d'origine aborigene, issus des communautes Khoikhoi dans le Swellendam colonial en Afrique du Sud entre 1745 et 1795. L'auteur analyse la relation de cette communaute avec les colons et decrit l'organisation de l'agriculture dans cette region, en axant la recherche sur des eleveurs semi-nomades, que l'on designait sous le terme de trekboers
Indentured Labour and Khoikhoi ‘Equality’ before the Law in Cape Colonial Society, South Africa
In July 1796, Johannes Albertyn, a well-respected burgher of Stellenbosch, requested permission from Ryno van der Riet, landdrost of Stellenbosch, the chief administrative and legal officer of the district, to indenture four Khoikhoi children. He claimed that their mother, Catryn Paerl, had died recently and that before her demise, she had requested him in the presence of witnesses to raise her children and deny their biological father Jan Paerl …
Jan Paerl, a Khoikhoi in Cape Colonial Society 1761-1851
Jan Paerl (1761-1851) was the initiator of what is arguably the first millenarian movement in colonial South Africa. In this biography of the Khoikhoi Jan Paerl light is being shed on this new form of resistance against colonial domination in Cape society. As the prophet, Onsen Liewen Heer, Paerl initiated a quasi-millenarian movement by persuading believers to reassert their Khoikhoi identity and reclaim the “land of their forefathers”. This stu…
Soil Once His Own’
Biographies and short life-histories of Khoikhoi individuals and people of Khoikhoi descent form an integral part of South African historiography and Khoisan studies. Missionary diaries, baptismal registers, court records, official colonial correspondence and travel accounts have enabled historians to retrieve credibly the 'hidden histories' of colonial characters
The 1849 Census of Cape Missions
In this article, we discuss a census made of the Cape mission stations in 1849. First, we analyse how it came into being, in terms both of the political pressure which led to the decision of the Legislative Council of the Cape Colony to order its compilation, and of the process by which the actual work was done. Second, we present a number of the more salient of the results of the census, which allow for the first time a full compilation of the n…
Literacy at South African Mission Stations
Measures of education quality – primarily, years of schooling or literacy rates – are widely used to ascertain the contribution of human capital formation to long-run economic growth and development. This article, using a census of 4,678 mission station residents, documents literacy and numeracy rates of non-white citizens in nineteenth-century South Africa. The 1849 census allows for an investigation into how the mission stations influenced the …
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