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How did Einstein help create Eskom? Why can an Indonesian volcano explain the Great Trek? What do King Zwelithini and Charlemagne have in common? These are some of the questions Johan Fourie explores in this entertaining, accessible economic history spanning everything from the human migration out of Africa 100 000 years ago to the Covid-19 pandemic. Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom is an engaging guide to complex debates about the roots and reasons for prosperity, the march of opportunity versus the crushing boot of exploitation, and why the builders of societies – rather than the burglars ¬– ultimately win out. Join the author on this enriching journey through an African-centred history and the story of our long walk towards a brighter future.
Why do the Japanese play rugby? How did Einstein help create Eskom? Who is the richest man in history? Johan Fourie explores these questions and many more in this revised and expanded second edition of his bestseller Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom – an entertaining, accessible economic history spanning everything from the human migration out of Africa 100 000 years ago to the present. This enriching journey through an African-centred history reveals the roots and reasons for prosperity. Why does one group flourish, but another continues to struggle? Do we have better lives than our ancestors? Fourie shows in his unique and engaging style why the builders of societies – rather than the burglars – ultimately win.
Johan Fourie skryf onderhoudend en met eerlikheid en passie oor die wereld van die stroper - mense wat gevorderde tegnologie, helikopters en groot geld inspan van hul duistere motiewe. Sy deeglike kennis van die veld, natuur en taktiek wat die stropers gebruik, dra daartoe by dat hy die leser 'n naelbytervaring gee oor 'n saak wat elke Suid-Afrikaner na aan die hart behoort te le. Die leser is telkens saam met die spesiale magte bly oor hul suksesse, maar is ook saam met hulle ontsteld wanneer hul nog 'n renoster verloor. Johan Fourie slaag daarin om die strategiee van die wildstropers, asook die pogings om hulle uit te oorle op 'n spannende wyse aan die leser voor te hou, sonder om hom te ontstel, maar terselfdertyd die leser skerp onder die indruk te bring tot watter uiterstes die stropers sal gaan.
Hoekom is ons ryker as ons voorsate? Wat het 'n Indonesiese vulkaan met die Groot Trek te doene? Hoe wen jy 'n Wêreldbeker? En wat het Karel die Grote gemeen met koning Zwelethini? Dit is maar enkele van die vrae wat die gewilde Rapportrubriekskrywer Johan Fourie onderhoudend verken in hierdie heerlik leesbare ekonomiese geskiedenis wat strek van die migrasie uit Afrika 100 000 jaar gelede tot vandag. Skatryk is 'n boeiende reis deur die geskiedenis wat ons wys hoe welvaart geskep en uitgebou word. Hoekom floreer een groep, maar 'n ander bly 'n sukkelbestaan voer? Fourie verduidelik in sy unieke, vermaaklike styl vol onverwagse feite waarom die bouers van 'n samelewing - eerder as dié wat afbreek - uiteindelik seëvier.
One of the biggest challenges in the study of history is the unreliable nature of traditional archival sources which omit histories of marginalised groups. This book makes the case that quantitative history offers a way to fill these gaps in the archive. Showcasing 13 case studies from the South African past, it applies quantitative sources, tools and methods to social histories from below to uncover the experiences of unchartered peoples. Examining the occupations of slaves, victims of the Spanish flu, health of schoolchildren and more, it shows how quantitative tools can be particularly powerful in regions where historical records are preserved, but questions of bias and prejudice pervade. Applying methods such as GIS mapping, network analysis and algorithmic matching techniques it explores histories of indigenous peoples, women, enslaved peoples and other groups marginalised in South African history. Connecting quantitative sources and new forms of data interpretation with a narrative social history, this book offers a fresh approach to quantitative methods and shows how they can be used to achieve a more complete picture of the past.
This book offers a view of shifts in labour relations in various parts of the world over a breathtaking span, from 1500 to 2000, with a particular emphasis on colonial institutions. How did growing demand for colonial commodities affect labour in the Global South? How did colonial interference with land and labour markets affect developments in labour relations? And what were the effects of the introduction of colonial currencies? The contributors to this volume answer those questions and more, combining global perspectives with impressively detailed case studies.
One of the biggest challenges in the study of history is the unreliable nature of traditional archival sources which omit histories of marginalised groups. This book makes the case that quantitative history offers a way to fill these gaps in the archive. Showcasing 13 case studies from the South African past, it applies quantitative sources, tools and methods to social histories from below to uncover the experiences of unchartered peoples. Examining the occupations of slaves, victims of the Spanish flu, health of schoolchildren and more, it shows how quantitative tools can be particularly powerful in regions where historical records are preserved, but questions of bias and prejudice pervade. Applying methods such as GIS mapping, network analysis and algorithmic matching techniques it explores histories of indigenous peoples, women, enslaved peoples and other groups marginalised in South African history. Connecting quantitative sources and new forms of data interpretation with a narrative social history, this book offers a fresh approach to quantitative methods and shows how they can be used to achieve a more complete picture of the past.
Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom is an entertaining and engaging guide to global economic history told for the first time from an African perspective. In thirty-five short chapters Johan Fourie tells the story of 100,000 years of human history spanning humankind's migration out of Africa to the Covid-19 pandemic. His unique account reveals just how much we can learn by asking unexpected questions such as 'How could a movie embarrass Stalin?', 'Why do the Japanese play rugby?' and 'What do an Indonesian volcano, Frankenstein and Shaka Zulu have in common?'. The book sheds new light on urgent debates about the roots and reasons for prosperity, the march of opportunity versus the crushing boot of exploitation, and why it is the builders of society - rather than the burglars -who ultimately win out.
Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom is an entertaining and engaging guide to global economic history told for the first time from an African perspective. In thirty-five short chapters Johan Fourie tells the story of 100,000 years of human history spanning humankind's migration out of Africa to the Covid-19 pandemic. His unique account reveals just how much we can learn by asking unexpected questions such as 'How could a movie embarrass Stalin?', 'Why do the Japanese play rugby?' and 'What do an Indonesian volcano, Frankenstein and Shaka Zulu have in common?'. The book sheds new light on urgent debates about the roots and reasons for prosperity, the march of opportunity versus the crushing boot of exploitation, and why it is the builders of society - rather than the burglars -who ultimately win out.
Die universiteit is 'n plek waar jy jouself kan ontdek, waar jy leer waarvan jy hou, waarin jy glo, selfs hoe om die wereld 'n beter plek te maak. Dis 'n plek waar jy beste vriende maak, en nie net buddies nie, hegte egte vriende. Dis 'n plek waar jy hom of haar ontmoet, die een. Dis 'n plek waar jy mense leer ken wat jy oor 27 jaar in 'n kroeg in Parys (Europa of Suid-Afrika) raakloop en saam 'n bier op die goeie tye drink. Waarom die titel oor 'n universiteitsloopbaan? Minder as 'n kwart van alle eerstejaars vang uiteindelik graad! Waarom sou Uniwrsityt dan belangrik vir voornemende studente wees? Die titel dui aan dat die titel 'n anderste kyk op die universiteit is, en dit is anders. Dit neem die leser op 'n reis deur die akademiese denkproses. Van ons land se bekendste akademici en denkers het tyd afgeknyp om voornemende studente van raad te bedien oor die lewe op universiteit. Derduisende leerders is steeds onseker oor die lewe op universiteit – en dit sluit vakkeuses, en selfs die keuse van studierigtings in. Die titel verduidelik wat van voornemende studente te wagte sal wees, hoe studente daardie keuses kan uitoefen, en waar hulle raad kan kry. Hierdie teks sal waarskynlik die heel eerste akademici geskrif wees wat skoolverlaters lees, want anders as talle ander selfhelpboeke, dompel Uniwrsityt die leser midde in die diskoers wat op sy/hy op universiteit te wagte sal wees. Dit is 'n akademiese werk, vir voornemende akademici, deur ons land se voorste akademici. Inligting oor al die universiteite in ons land, nie net die bekendes nie, word voorsien.
Ek sit roerloos. Hulle mag my nie sien nie. Ek het twee skote. Hulle is vyf. As hulle my sien, het ek geen kans nie. Ek haal skaars asem. Die naaste stroper is sowat ses meter van my af. Ek kyk doelbewus weg van sy gesig. Kan nie bekostig om oogkontak te maak nie. Ek hou my asem op, vinger op die sneller van my R1. Beweeg asseblief, probeer ek die stroper se spiere beveel. Hy huiwer, buk en krap in die grond. Dan kom hy orent en stap weer aan. Stadig asem ek uit. Hulle beweeg verby. Hou net so aan, asseblief, prewel ek saggies. Die stropers beweeg steeds. Hulle moet aanhou beweeg, want hulle moet hul prooi inhaal. Min wetende die prooi is nou agter hulle. Uit die pen van Johan Fourie, Suid-Afrika se nuwe en opwindende Omgewings misdaadskrywer, kom daar nog 'n aangrypende verhaal wat hom afspeel in Afrika, meer in besonder, Botswana hierdie keer. Met Kodenaam Tau plaas Johan die vinger op die pols van die kommerwekkende handel in leeus wat diereliefhebbers en natuurbewaring organisasies weer warm onder die kraag laat voel. Onlangse nuusberigte het aan die lig gebring dat die beendere van leeus en tiere soortgelyke waarde vir die oorsese mark het as die renosterhoring. Die skelet van 'n leeu kan 'n bedrag van tot R80 000 haal. Syfers wat Omgewingsake bekendgemaak het, toon dat daar 'n 150% groei in uitvoer van leeu produkte na die buiteland was sedert 2009. In 2010 was 153 lewendige leeus uitgevoer, asook 46 leeuvelle, 235 karkasse en 41 skedelbene. Hierdie drastiese groei in leerhandel is kommerwekkend en iets daadwerklik sal aan die probleem gedoen moet word om die wilde leeu populasie te beskerm. Reeds voor 2007 is leeus al van die Kgalagadi streek van Botswana na Suid-Afrika gesmokkel; veral leeuwelpies word gebruik vir teling in gevangenisskap in Suid-Afrika. Sulke leeus kan nie weer vrygelaat kan word in die vrye natuur nie, want hulle sal nie weet hoe om te oorleef in 'n natuurlike omgewing nie. Met sy nuutste spanningsverhaal neem Johan die leser op 'n aksiebelaaide reis deur hierdie donker wereld. Die Xikhova span se pogings om hierdie smokkelhandel te probeer hokslaan, word op 'n aangrypende wyse aan die leser uitgebeeld.
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