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Charles van Onselen

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Charles van Onselen
Born (1944-08-14) 14 August 1944 (age 80)
Academic background
Alma materRhodes University
University of the Witwatersrand
Oxford University
ThesisAfrican mine labour in Southern Rhodesia, 1900-1933 (1974)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Pretoria
Notable worksThe Seed is Mine

Charles van Onselen (birth 14 August 1944, Boksburg)[1] is a researcher and historian based at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Education

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Van Onselen holds a B.Sc. and U.E.D. from Rhodes University, a B.A. Hons. from the University of the Witwatersrand, a D.Phil. from Oxford University and a D.Lit.(Honoris Causa) from Rhodes.[2]

Academic career

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He is based at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.[2][3]

Recognition and awards

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He received the Alan Paton Award for The Seed is Mine in 1997.[2]

Personal life

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Charles was married to Belinda Bozzoli, and their three children including Gareth van Onselen.[4]

Selected works

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Bibliography

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  • Chibaro: African mine labour in Southern Rhodesia, 1900-1933. London: Pluto Press. 1976. ISBN 978-0902818880.
  • Studies in the Social and Economic History of the Witwatersrand, 1886–1914: Volume I: New Babylon, Volume II: New Nineveh. Johannesburg: Ravan Press. 1982.
  • The Small Matter of a Horse: The Life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948. Johannesburg: Ravan Press. 1984. ISBN 0869752391.
  • The Seed is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, A South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985. Oxford: James Currey. 1996.
  • The Fox and the Flies: The Secret Life of a Grotesque Master Criminal. New York: Walker Publishing. 2007. ISBN 978-0-8027-1641-5.
  • Masked Raiders: Irish Banditry in Southern Africa, 1880-1899. Cape Town: Zebra Press. 2010. ISBN 9781770220805.
  • Showdown at the Red Lion: The Life and Times of Jack McLoughlin, 1859-1910. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. 2015. ISBN 9781868426225.
  • The Cowboy Capitalist: John Hays Hammond, The American West, and the Jameson Raid. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers. 2017. ISBN 9781868427383.
  • The Night Trains. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers. 2019. ISBN 9781868429806.

References

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  1. ^ "CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). University of Pretoria.
  2. ^ a b c "Prof Charles van Onselen". University of Pretoria. 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. ^ "UP's Prof Charles van Onselen awarded prestigious Academy of Science of South Africa Humanities Book Prize". University of Pretoria. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Bozzoli, Belinda". www.encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Footnotes".
  6. ^ Grimes, William (3 October 2007). "Charles van Onselen - The Fox and the Flies: The Secret Life of a Grotesque Master Criminal - Book - Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 July 2019.