War of words : : Dutch pro-Boer propaganda and the South African War (1899-1902) / / Vincent Kuitenbrouwer.
<div>The Boer War gripped the Dutch public during the turn of the nineteenth century, when the Boer Republics, made up of descendants of seventeenth-century settlers from the Netherlands, were fighting the British Empire in South Africa. <i>War of Words</i> examines the ample Dutch...
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Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (404 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021). |
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Table of Contents:
- Front matter
- Table of contents
- Introduction
- PART I Principles of propaganda (1880-1899)
- Chapter 1. 'New Holland' in South Africa? Building a bridgehead between the Netherlands and the Boer republics
- Chapter 2. 'Blacks, Boers and British': South Africa in Dutch literature
- PART II War of words (1899-1902)
- Chapter 3. A 'factory of lies'? The lines of communication of the Boers and their supporters
- Chapter 4. 'A campaign of the pen': The Dutch pro-Boer organisations
- Chapter 5. 'Dum-dums of public opinion': Pro-Boer propaganda, October 1899-June 1900
- Chapter 6. 'All will be well!' Pro-Boer propaganda, June 1900-June 1902
- PART III The aftermath of pro-Boer propaganda (post-1902)
- Chapter 7. 'Whoever wants to create a future for himself cannot lose sight of the past': Willem Leyds and Afrikaner nationalism
- Chapter 8. From stamverwantschap to anti-apartheid: the significance of the pro-Boer movement in the Netherlands
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of names
- Index of subjects