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A space for conflict : the scab acts of the Cape Colony, circa 1874-1911

Includes abstract. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 202-217). / Sheep farmers who protested against the promulgation of anti-scab legislation presented their opinions of the disease in a slew of letters to the press and in testimonies before various scab commissions. Although the farmers' beliefs about scab were heterogeneous, they contained elements of an environmental theory of disease.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/11380
Date January 2011
CreatorsVisser, Natascha
ContributorsVan Sittert, Lance
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Historical Studies
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Thesis, Doctoral, PhD
Formatapplication/pdf

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