War of Words : Dutch Pro-Boer Propaganda and the South African War (1899-1902) /

War of Words : Dutch Pro-Boer Propaganda and the South African War (1899-1902) /

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"Between 1899 and 1902 the Dutch public was captivated by the war raging in South Africa between the Boer republics and the British Empire. Dutch popular opinion was on the side of the Boers: these descendants of the seventeenth-century Dutch settlers were perceived as kinsmen, the most tangibl...

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Main Author: Kuitenbrouwer, Vincent (Johan Jacob Vincent), 1978-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public opinion.
Propaganda.
International relations.
Afrikaners.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY > Africa > South > Republic of South Africa.
HISTORY > Africa > South > General.
Regional and national history.
Humanities.
History.
Propagande > Pays-Bas.
Propagande > Afrique du Sud.
Guerre des Boers, 1899-1902 > Opinion publique etrangere.
Guerre des Boers, 1899-1902 > Pays-Bas > Propagande.
Propaganda > Netherlands.
Propaganda > South Africa.
South African War, 1899-1902 > Foreign public opinion.
South African War, 1899-1902 > Netherlands > Propaganda.
South Africa.
Netherlands.
Pays-Bas > Relations > Afrique du Sud.
South Africa > Relations > Netherlands.
Netherlands > Relations > South Africa.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part1: Principles of propaganda (1880-1899). 1. New Holland' in South Africa? Building a bridgehead between the Netherlands and the Boer republics
  • Pro-Boers in the Netherlands
  • Hollanders in South Africa
  • The Jameson Raid: a catalyst for pro-Boer propaganda
  • 2. 'Blacks, Boers, and British': South Africa in Dutch literature
  • Adventurers and armchair scholars
  • The ambivalences of stamverwantschap
  • The language question
  • Dutch views on English Africana
  • The 'native' question
  • The Uitlander question
  • Part 2: War of words (1899-1902). 3. A 'factory of lies'? The lines of communication of the Boers and their supporters
  • Boer diplomats
  • Fraying at the edges: the Dutch policy of neutrality
  • Repatriates and refugees
  • Evading censorship
  • Letters from the front line
  • 4. 'A campaign of the pen': the Dutch pro-Boer organisations
  • The NZAV from within
  • Pro-Boers and pillarisation
  • 'A campaign of the pen': the anv press office
  • 'Practical support' or 'impractical plans': emigration schemes
  • Fundraising
  • 5. 'Dum-dums of public opinion': pro-Boer propaganda, October 1899-June1900
  • 'We know so well how you drifted into this war'
  • 'Afrika voor den Afrikaner'?
  • The Boer people's army
  • Britain's grave
  • From The Hague to Derdepoort: war atrocities
  • 6. 'All will be well!' Pro-Boer propaganda, June 1900-June 1902
  • After the British occupation
  • Bittereinders and Handsoppers
  • 'Methods of barbarism'
  • 'The English have a red haze before their eyes': farm-burning
  • 'That lethal idleness' of being locked up: the treatment of pows
  • A 'policy of torturing women': concentration camps
  • The Peace of Vereeniging
  • Part 3: The aftermath of pro-boer propaganda (post-1902). 7.'Whoever wants to create a future for himself cannot lose sight of the past': Willem Leyds and Afrikaner nationalism
  • (Re)building Afrikaner nationalism
  • Willem Leyds and Afrikaner historiography
  • From Dordrecht to Pretoria: the collection of the Zuid-Afrikaansch
  • Museum
  • 8. From stamverwantschap to anti-apartheid: the significance of the pro-Boer movement in the Netherlands. Pro-Boers and public opinion in the Netherlands
  • Dutch views on Afrikaner nationalism
  • The cultural ties between the Netherlands and South Africa
  • Dutch-South African relations after the Second World War
  • General concluding remarks.

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