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Writing a wider war : rethinking gender, race, and identity in the South African War, 1899-1902 / edited by Greg Cuthbertson, Albert Grundlingh, and Mary-Lynn Suttie.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South African War, 1899-1902--Historiography.
- South African War, 1899-1902.
- South African War, 1899-1902--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (365 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press ; Cape Town : David Philip, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A century after the South African War (1899-1902), historians are beginning to reevaluate the accepted wisdom regarding the scope of the war, its participants, and its impact. Writing a Wider War charts some of the changing historical constructions of the memorialization of suffering during the war. Writing a Wider War presents a dramatically new interpretation of the role of Boer women in the conflict and profoundly changes how we look at the making of Afrikaner nationalism. African experiences of the war are also examined, highlighting racial subjugation in the context of colonial war and black participation, and showcasing important new research by African historians. The collection includes a reassessment of British imperialism and probing essays on J. A. Hobson; the masculinist nature of life on commando among Boer soldiers; Anglo-Jewry; secularism; health and medicine; nursing, women, and disease in the concentration camps; and the rivalry between British politicians and generals. An examination of the importance of the South African War in contemporary British political economy, and the part played by imperial propaganda, rounds off a thoroughly groundbreaking reinterpretation of this formative event in South Africa's history.
- Contents:
- ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: The War One Hundred Years On""; ""Chapter 2: The National Women's Monument""; ""Chapter 3: Gentlemen and Boers""; ""Chapter 4: Afrikaner Nationalism and the Burgher on Commando""; ""Chapter 5: The Role of the Bakgatla of the Pilanesberg in the South African War""; ""Chapter 6: “Loyalty Its Own Reward�""; ""Chapter 7: The Role of the EmaSwati in the South African War""; ""Chapter 8: British Nursing and the South African War""; ""Chapter 9: Women and Disease""; ""Chapter 10: The Politics of War""; ""Chapter 11: Hobson�s The War in South Africa""
- ""Chapter 12: The Jewish War""""Chapter 13: Taming the God of Battles""; ""Chapter 14: The South African War and Imperial Britain""; ""Chapter 15: Imperial Propaganda during the South African War""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8214-4191-4
- OCLC:
- 191952503
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