The Origins of the South African War, 1899-1902

The Origins of the South African War, 1899-1902

Author: Iain R. Smith

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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Tracing the roots of the conflict into the first half of the nineteenth century, Dr. Smith shows how the conflict between Britain and the Transvaal republic intensified after the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886. The resulting wealth and the influx of foreign, mainly British, Uitlanders transformed what had been a poor land-locked Boer republic into the hub round which the future of South Africa was to turn.


The South African War 1899-1902

The South African War 1899-1902

Author: Bill Nasson

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Published: 1999-07-31

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780340614273

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The South African War rounded off the British conquest of Southern Africa. Only now, a hundred years later, are some of the more baleful legacies of the war being addressed. This new history is an up-to-date account of the military struggle in South Africa including the whole web of miscalculations and shattered illusions that surrounded it which spread far beyond the battlefields.


Impact of the South African War

Impact of the South African War

Author: D. Omissi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-20

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0230598293

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This exciting new book marks a major shift in the study of the South African War. It turns attention from the war's much debated causes onto its more neglected consequences. An international team of scholars explores the myriad legacies of the war - for South Africa, for Britain, for the Empire and beyond. The extensive introduction sets the contributions in context, and the elegant afterword offers thought-provoking reflections on their cumulative significance.


The War for South Africa

The War for South Africa

Author: Bill Nasson

Publisher: NB Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780624048091

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Explores how the Anglo-Boer War shaped South Africa s future and how it has come to be remembered in a post-apartheid South Africa.


Black People and the South African War 1899-1902

Black People and the South African War 1899-1902

Author: Peter Warwick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-08-26

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780521272247

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This book focuses upon the wartime experiences of black people, and to examine the war in the context of a complex and rapidly changing colonial society increasingly shaped, but not yet transformed, by mining capital.


Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War

Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War

Author: Elizabeth van Heyningen

Publisher: Jacana Media

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 670

ISBN-13: 1431405442

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This is the first general history of the concentration camps of the Anglo-Boer or South African War in over fifty years, and the first to use in depth the very rich and extensive official documents in South African and British archives. It provides a fresh perspective on a topic that has understandably aroused huge emotions because of the great numbers of Afrikaners, especially women and children, who died in the camps. This fascinating social history overturns many of the previously held assumptions and conclusions on all sides, and is sure to stimulate debate. Rather than viewing the camps simply as the product of the scorched-earth policies of the war, the author sets them in the larger context of colonialism at the end of the 19th century, arguing that British views on poverty, poor relief and the management of colonial societies all shaped their administration. The book also attempts to explain why the camps were so badly administered in the first place, and why reform was so slow, suggesting that divided responsibility, ignorance, political opportunism and a failure to understand the needs of such institutions all played their part.


Abraham Esau's War

Abraham Esau's War

Author: Bill Nasson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-02-13

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780521530590

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This book describes the participation of black people in the conduct of the war, and their subsequent exclusion from the fruits of peace.