Agriculture, farm labour and the state in the Natal Midlands, 1940-1960

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dc.contributor.advisorBradford, Helenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMazower, Benjamin Louisen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-25T17:07:41Z
dc.date.available2015-10-25T17:07:41Z
dc.date.issued1991en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 204-212.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyses agrarian development in the Natal Midlands during the 1940s and 1950s. Based predominantly on archival and primary sources, it seeks to provide some empirical evidence in an area where such information is sorely lacking. The first chapter briefly analyses the national agricultural economy in the 1940s before turning to the Natal Midlands. The importance of urban factors in fuelling the post-war boom is examined, as is the way in which different groups of farmers reacted to these developments. The second chapter discusses the position of farm workers. The system of labour tenancy is considered and stress is laid on the various tensions within the system which became prominent at this time. The use of the courts and the police in helping farmers control their workers, informal methods of control and labourers' resistance are also examined. The next chapter discusses the severe farm labour shortage and shows how it emerged from the tensions within labour tenancy and the increasing urban opportunities seized by farm workers. Attention is also paid to the farm labour policies of the pre-apartheid state and these are compared with the policies demanded by organised agriculture. The final chapter examines these processes during the 1950s. The effect of the slowdown in agricultural growth is discussed as is the limited success of the apartheid state's farm labour policies. It is suggested that the key to understanding the state's lack of success lies in differentiating between different categories of farmers. The agricultural crisis in the late 1950s and its effects are also analysed. Finally, it is suggested that the key determinants of agrarian development are accumulation and struggle rather than state policies.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMazower, B. L. (1991). <i>Agriculture, farm labour and the state in the Natal Midlands, 1940-1960</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14317en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMazower, Benjamin Louis. <i>"Agriculture, farm labour and the state in the Natal Midlands, 1940-1960."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14317en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMazower, B. 1991. Agriculture, farm labour and the state in the Natal Midlands, 1940-1960. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mazower, Benjamin Louis AB - This thesis analyses agrarian development in the Natal Midlands during the 1940s and 1950s. Based predominantly on archival and primary sources, it seeks to provide some empirical evidence in an area where such information is sorely lacking. The first chapter briefly analyses the national agricultural economy in the 1940s before turning to the Natal Midlands. The importance of urban factors in fuelling the post-war boom is examined, as is the way in which different groups of farmers reacted to these developments. The second chapter discusses the position of farm workers. The system of labour tenancy is considered and stress is laid on the various tensions within the system which became prominent at this time. The use of the courts and the police in helping farmers control their workers, informal methods of control and labourers' resistance are also examined. The next chapter discusses the severe farm labour shortage and shows how it emerged from the tensions within labour tenancy and the increasing urban opportunities seized by farm workers. Attention is also paid to the farm labour policies of the pre-apartheid state and these are compared with the policies demanded by organised agriculture. The final chapter examines these processes during the 1950s. The effect of the slowdown in agricultural growth is discussed as is the limited success of the apartheid state's farm labour policies. It is suggested that the key to understanding the state's lack of success lies in differentiating between different categories of farmers. The agricultural crisis in the late 1950s and its effects are also analysed. Finally, it is suggested that the key determinants of agrarian development are accumulation and struggle rather than state policies. DA - 1991 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1991 T1 - Agriculture, farm labour and the state in the Natal Midlands, 1940-1960 TI - Agriculture, farm labour and the state in the Natal Midlands, 1940-1960 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14317 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMazower BL. Agriculture, farm labour and the state in the Natal Midlands, 1940-1960. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 1991 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14317en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historical Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherAgriculture - South Africa - Natal - Historyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAgricultural laborers - South Africa - Natal - Historyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAgriculture and state - South Africa - Natal - Historyen_ZA
dc.titleAgriculture, farm labour and the state in the Natal Midlands, 1940-1960en_ZA
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