The earthquake of 29 September 1969 in Tulbagh, South Africa

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This work is an social-cultural study that gives an account of the 29 September earthquake thatstruck Tulbagh in the spring of 1969. This is an interdisciplinary research that takes a socioeconomic approach that awards an emic perspective of individual experiences of the naturaldisaster. Current historiography has been limited to the scientific determinants of the earthquake, neglecting the impact it had on the surrounding communities. It is theseshortcomings that are addressed; not only are events on the immediate impact analysed, but also the way in which they have been remembered.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University