Abstract
This thesis quantitatively and qualitatively analyses publication trends in the Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope, a journal that was published by the Department of Agriculture of the Cape Colony from 1888 to 1911. The Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope, the first and most important agricultural journal in British colonial southern Africa prior to Union in 1910, has never been studied on its own despite its importance in environmental and imperial histories of South Africa. The thesis explores how networks of science can be understood by examining outputs in print media. Along with a qualitative narrative analysis, the thesis provides a statistical analysis and a partially completed data-set of articles in the Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope, which will be made available for other scholars who rely on the journal. The data-set can be built on and it aims to encourage further digital analysis.
M.A. (Historical Studies)