G H Pirie
Biographic Data
| ID | 92293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G H Pirie |
| GIVEN NAMES | G H |
| FAMILY NAME | Pirie |
| SIGNATURE | PIRIE G H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Municipal hawking: Johannesburg's mobile markets, 1944-1952
The period 1944 - 1952 saw the rise and fall of the mobile markets of Johannesburg, an experiment in municipal food hawking. The scheme was an attempt to counter the high food prices of the period. Much controversy surrounded the introduction of the mobile food vans. At first the vans served the lower-income areas of White Johannesburg but later geographically extended their zone of operation into higher income suburbs. At the peak of the program…
Urban, regional and natural history
In seeking to explain and not merely describe local history, it is necessary to look at the reasons for settlement in any region. This involves viewing regions as part of a larger system – local history must be explored in relation to processes operating on the urban, regional and national levels
Public administration in Pilgrims Rest, 1915-1969
In 1915, after two decades of neglect by the Transvaal Gold Mining Estates Company (TGME), village sanitation as well as cemetery, pound and slaughter-management was placed in the hands of the Pilgrims Rest Health Committee (PRHC). The TGME, however, retained effective control over land use and disposal and over the supply and cost of water and electricity. The insignificant and impecunious health committee had therefore to rely inevitably on the…
Race, class and comfort on rural buses, 1925-1955
In the country areas where sparse settlement and light traffic did not warrant the construction of railways, the South African Railways operated a road transport service for passengers and small freight since 1912. White passengers were accommodated more comfortably than blacks, and protected their privilege fiercely. Educated, middle-class black passengers in particular objected to the rough physical conditions under which they travelled, and re…
Horse-drawn Cabs and Omnibuses in Paris
Brutish Bombelas: Trains for migrant gold miners in South Africa, c . 1900–25
In the land of the elephant bird: Voices of South Africa
Railway Ganging in Southern Africa, c. 1900–37
A travers le cas de la vie des chefs d'equipes des stations ferroviaires de l'Afrique du Sud au debut du 20 e siecle, un hommage vibrant est rendu a tous les ouvriers du monde et a leurs familles, qui du fond de leur solitude et de leur misere, ont contribue, a leur maniere, au developpement du chemin de fer
Slaughter by Steam: Railway Subjugation of Ox-Wagon Transport in the Eastern Cape and Transkei, 1886-1910
G. H. Pirie, Slaughter by Steam: Railway Subjugation of Ox-Wagon Transport in the Eastern Cape and Transkei, 1886-1910, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2 (1993), pp. 319-343
Law, lawyers and racially segregated public transport in South Africa
Reorienting and Restructuring Transportation in Southern Africa
Aviation, apartheid and sanctions: Air transport to and from South Africa, 1945?1989
A Most Difficult and Delicate Question’: Racial Segregation on the Central South African Railways, 1902–10
Implanting racial ideology: Bus apartheid in Cape Town
Cape Town's buses were the last in South Africa to be segregated forcibly on racial lines. Bus apartheid was not imposed overnight however. In the hostile environment of the late 1950s, it was enforced by degrees only. Organised resistance waned gradually and was deflected. A new norm of bus travel was allowed to take root and social cleavages became accentuated. With a foot in the door, apartheid did its own work and was rewarded by a remarkable…
Racial segregation on Johannesburg trams: Procedures and protest, 1904-1927
Housing Essential Service Workers in Johannesburg: Locational Constraint and Conflict
The stereotypical model of racially segregated South African cities ignores on-site barrack-like housing built in "white" suburbs for blacks employed by local authorities as essential service workers. The so-called "compounds" helped ensure the reliability and efficiency of workers by minimizing the length of their journeys to work and restricting their exposure to what were considered corrupting influences. In Johannesburg, all-male black compou…
Racial Segregation on South African Trains, 1910–1928: Entrenchment and Protest
(1988). Racial Segregation on South African Trains, 1910–1928: Entrenchment and Protest. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 75-93
African township railways and the South African state, 1902–1963
Hostels for African migrants in greater Johannesburg
Johannesburg transport 1905–1945: African capitulation and resistance
The Cape Colony's ‘Railway Protector of Natives’, 1904
South African urban history
Johannesburg, in certain respects the Republic's leading urban centre, celebrates her centenary in 1986. Acquisitive citizens and indifferent officials have, however, long driven much of her past from the streets. Today carnival history is being manufactured hurriedly beyond remote tarmac parking grounds and behind ticketing turnstiles. Although its popularization is also overdue, scholarly interest in South African urban history fortunately has …
Outcast Cape Town
Letters, words, worlds the naming of Soweto
Urban bus boycott in Alexandra township, 1957
1983). Urban bus boycott in Alexandra township, 1957. African Studies: Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 67-77
On Spatial Justice
This essay reflects on the desirability and possibility of fashioning a concept of spatial justice from notions of social justice and territorial social justice. The contested meaning, rival formulations, and uncertain status of social justice form a cloudy and dissuasive foundation. The appeal of evaluations of locational justice steers investigation towards new spatial referents for justice and the prospect of principles of spatial justice. How…
Aviation, apartheid and sanctions: Air transport to and from South Africa, 1945?1989
Urban bus boycott in Alexandra township, 1957
1983). Urban bus boycott in Alexandra township, 1957. African Studies: Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 67-77
Letters, words, worlds the naming of Soweto
Thoughts on Revealed Preference and Spatial Behaviour
The contention that space preferences determine spatial behaviour, and the claim that these preferences may be elicited from behavioural data are examined. Since not all behaviour is discretionary and not all choices are based on preferences, both the manner and the situations in which a preference-based approach is applied should be carefully selected. Conceptually it appears that revealed space-preference modelling reflects consistency of spati…
Housing Essential Service Workers in Johannesburg: Locational Constraint and Conflict
The stereotypical model of racially segregated South African cities ignores on-site barrack-like housing built in "white" suburbs for blacks employed by local authorities as essential service workers. The so-called "compounds" helped ensure the reliability and efficiency of workers by minimizing the length of their journeys to work and restricting their exposure to what were considered corrupting influences. In Johannesburg, all-male black compou…
Johannesburg transport 1905–1945: African capitulation and resistance
African township railways and the South African state, 1902–1963
South African urban history
Johannesburg, in certain respects the Republic's leading urban centre, celebrates her centenary in 1986. Acquisitive citizens and indifferent officials have, however, long driven much of her past from the streets. Today carnival history is being manufactured hurriedly beyond remote tarmac parking grounds and behind ticketing turnstiles. Although its popularization is also overdue, scholarly interest in South African urban history fortunately has …
Hostels for African migrants in greater Johannesburg
The Decivilizing Rails: Railways and Underdevelopment in Southern Africa
Reorienting and Restructuring Transportation in Southern Africa
Racial segregation on Johannesburg trams: Procedures and protest, 1904-1927
Racial Segregation on South African Trains, 1910–1928: Entrenchment and Protest
(1988). Racial Segregation on South African Trains, 1910–1928: Entrenchment and Protest. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 75-93
Brutish Bombelas: Trains for migrant gold miners in South Africa, c . 1900–25
Law, lawyers and racially segregated public transport in South Africa
A Most Difficult and Delicate Question’: Racial Segregation on the Central South African Railways, 1902–10
Thoughts on Revealed Preference and Spatial Behaviour
The contention that space preferences determine spatial behaviour, and the claim that these preferences may be elicited from behavioural data are examined. Since not all behaviour is discretionary and not all choices are based on preferences, both the manner and the situations in which a preference-based approach is applied should be carefully selected. Conceptually it appears that revealed space-preference modelling reflects consistency of spati…
Measuring Accessibility: A Review and Proposal
An attempt is made to clarify some of the confusion about the notion of accessibility by examining the limitations, strengths, and conceptual bases of distance, topological, gravity, and cumulative-opportunity measures of accessibility. In their aggregate and disaggregate states the measures are practical, enabling measurement into the future and measurement with a minimum of data, but the assumptions that all nodes are potential destinations and…
The geography of the Afrikaner Broederbond in Namibia
The power and influence of the Afrikaner Broederbond in the Southern African political sphere has been analysed and assessed in a non‐spatial context. However, it is only when the spatial distribution of the organisation is revealed that the full dimension of its power may be interpreted in the unfolding political struggles within the subcontinent. This paper furnishes a ‘synoptic’ examination of the geography of the Afrikaner Broederbond in Nami…
The Decivilizing Rails: Railways and Underdevelopment in Southern Africa
Urban bus boycott in Alexandra township, 1957
1983). Urban bus boycott in Alexandra township, 1957. African Studies: Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 67-77
On Spatial Justice
This essay reflects on the desirability and possibility of fashioning a concept of spatial justice from notions of social justice and territorial social justice. The contested meaning, rival formulations, and uncertain status of social justice form a cloudy and dissuasive foundation. The appeal of evaluations of locational justice steers investigation towards new spatial referents for justice and the prospect of principles of spatial justice. How…
Outcast Cape Town
Letters, words, worlds the naming of Soweto
South African urban history
Johannesburg, in certain respects the Republic's leading urban centre, celebrates her centenary in 1986. Acquisitive citizens and indifferent officials have, however, long driven much of her past from the streets. Today carnival history is being manufactured hurriedly beyond remote tarmac parking grounds and behind ticketing turnstiles. Although its popularization is also overdue, scholarly interest in South African urban history fortunately has …
Hostels for African migrants in greater Johannesburg
Johannesburg transport 1905–1945: African capitulation and resistance
The Cape Colony's ‘Railway Protector of Natives’, 1904
African township railways and the South African state, 1902–1963
Housing Essential Service Workers in Johannesburg: Locational Constraint and Conflict
The stereotypical model of racially segregated South African cities ignores on-site barrack-like housing built in "white" suburbs for blacks employed by local authorities as essential service workers. The so-called "compounds" helped ensure the reliability and efficiency of workers by minimizing the length of their journeys to work and restricting their exposure to what were considered corrupting influences. In Johannesburg, all-male black compou…
Racial Segregation on South African Trains, 1910–1928: Entrenchment and Protest
(1988). Racial Segregation on South African Trains, 1910–1928: Entrenchment and Protest. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 75-93
A Most Difficult and Delicate Question’: Racial Segregation on the Central South African Railways, 1902–10
Implanting racial ideology: Bus apartheid in Cape Town
Cape Town's buses were the last in South Africa to be segregated forcibly on racial lines. Bus apartheid was not imposed overnight however. In the hostile environment of the late 1950s, it was enforced by degrees only. Organised resistance waned gradually and was deflected. A new norm of bus travel was allowed to take root and social cleavages became accentuated. With a foot in the door, apartheid did its own work and was rewarded by a remarkable…
Racial segregation on Johannesburg trams: Procedures and protest, 1904-1927
Aviation, apartheid and sanctions: Air transport to and from South Africa, 1945?1989
Reorienting and Restructuring Transportation in Southern Africa
Law, lawyers and racially segregated public transport in South Africa
Railway Ganging in Southern Africa, c. 1900–37
A travers le cas de la vie des chefs d'equipes des stations ferroviaires de l'Afrique du Sud au debut du 20 e siecle, un hommage vibrant est rendu a tous les ouvriers du monde et a leurs familles, qui du fond de leur solitude et de leur misere, ont contribue, a leur maniere, au developpement du chemin de fer
Slaughter by Steam: Railway Subjugation of Ox-Wagon Transport in the Eastern Cape and Transkei, 1886-1910
G. H. Pirie, Slaughter by Steam: Railway Subjugation of Ox-Wagon Transport in the Eastern Cape and Transkei, 1886-1910, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2 (1993), pp. 319-343
Horse-drawn Cabs and Omnibuses in Paris
Brutish Bombelas: Trains for migrant gold miners in South Africa, c . 1900–25
Geography (18 works) · Political science (16 works) · South African History and Culture (15 works) · History (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Law (12 works) · African history and culture studies (11 works) · History (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Archaeology (8 works)