Keiskammahoek Rural Survey

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	author survey or fieldwork
Producer	Houghton, Walton, Wilson, Kaplan, Maki
Coverage	1948-1952
Works using it	5

Debates

Debate	Works
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	2
Education, Bantu Education and skills	2
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry	1
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion	1
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	1
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation	1
The state and capital: instrumentalism, autonomy and fractions of capital	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Kantor and Kenny (1976)	Keiskammahoek Rural Survey, Vol. II: The Economy of a Native Reserve (Houghton and Walton, 1952)	1952	Used to show that migration was typically undertaken by one family member to bring family income up to subsistence level, so cash earnings supplemented land income.
McGrath et al. (2004a)	Keiskammahoek Rural Survey 1952	1952	Evidence on lack of water, fencing and equipment in rural schools blocking agricultural teaching.
McGrath et al. (2004b)	Keiskammahoek Rural Survey 1952, Social Structure	1952	Evidence of school conditions that prevented practical agricultural teaching.
Murray (1980)	Keiskammahoek Rural Survey, Vols II and III (Houghton and Walton; Wilson, Kaplan, Maki and Walton), 1952	1949-50	Cited for the destructive consequences of migration for family life, the Kinship Composition table, and women's economic status.
Simkins (1981)	Hobart Houghton and Walton, Keiskamahoek Rural Survey, Vol. II (1952)	1948	Survey data on household cattle holdings used in the herd-size distribution.