The Dutch rediscover the Dutch-Africans (1847-1900) : : brother nation or lost colony? / / Andrew Burnett.
Were the Dutch-Africans in southern Africa a brother nation to the Dutch or did they simply represent a lost colony? Connecting primary sources in Dutch and Afrikaans, this work tells the story of the Dutch stamverwantschap (kinship) movement between 1847 and 1900. The white Dutch-Africans were imag...
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| Superior document: | European Expansion and Indigenous Response ; 39 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | European Expansion and Indigenous Response ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
| Notes: | By exploring and connecting original sources in Dutch, Afrikaans and English this work illuminates an ignored and forgotten era of Dutch 19th century history – the Dutch dream of a second Netherlands in southern Africa. |
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Table of Contents:
- General Series Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations, Notes on Currency Values and Translation
- Relevant Dates
- 1 Brother Nation or Lost Colony – Dutchness Re-imagined
- Introduction
- Theoretical Context
- Kinship
- Nation and Identity
- Imperialism
- Nationalism
- Cultural Nationalism
- Colony
- Colonial Nationalism
- Language
- Language, Literature and National Identity
- The View from Europe
- Imperialism and Colonialism in the Southern African Bridgeheads
- 2 Dutch Writing about the Dutch Role in Southern Africa
- Southern Africa in General Dutch Historiography
- Provincialism or Comparativism
- Dutch Imperialism in the Late Nineteenth Century?
- Re-thinking the Relationship between the Dutch and Their Former Colonies
- Religion and National Identity
- Kinship with the Dutch-Africans – Myth or Reality?
- Conclusion
- 3 The Dutch Look Back: The Birth of the Kinship Movement
- Introduction
- The Netherlands between 1795 and 1875 – a Period of Upheaval
- Looking Back to Past Glory
- Dutch National Identity
- The Liberal Decades
- A Colony Lost – the View from Europe
- Two groups of Dutch-Africans
- Stamverwantschap—the Early Years—1840 to 1875
- Ulrich Gerhard Lauts
- Lauts Takes the Initiative
- Lauts Lobbies the Dutch Parliament
- Lauts’ Legacy
- The Dutch Government Mid-1850s – Tentative Engagement
- Jacobus Stuart
- Child Migration 1855–1870
- The links sustained by education
- Hendrik Hamelberg – the Importance of Personal Experience
- Conclusion
- 4 ‘There Exists a Second Netherlands’
- Introduction
- The Role of the Dutch Protestant Churches among the Dutch-Africans
- Dutch Newspapers and Burgers
- Burgers, the Man and His Vision
- Burgers’ Vision Reinforced by a Treaty and by Hamelberg
- The Unmaking of Burgers
- A Dopper Pastor Pours Cold Water on Enthusiasm
- Dutch-Africans Attacked from ‘the left’
- Metropoles Compared
- The imperious British Attitude Towards the Dutch Regarding Southern Africa
- The Imbalance in Shipping and Communications
- Stamverwantschap Faces the Assertion of British power
- Conclusion
- 5 Dutch Reaction to the Annexation of the Transvaal
- Introduction
- A measured Initial Response to the Annexation
- Pleasure over Burgers’ Demise
- Sand River Convention – Sovereignty and Slavery
- Slavery in the Transvaal Republic– the Evidence
- The Dutch Respond to British Claims
- Dutch Supporters Characterise the Allegations as Propaganda
- Neo-Calvinist Development of the Kinship Ideology
- Dutch Reactions Harden and Protest Begins
- Dutch-Africans don’t Deserve Our Support – Another Liberal View
- The Dutch Government Responds – the Neutrality Policy
- The Dutch ‘Official Mind’ Remains Neutral
- Conclusion
- 6 Transvaal Rebellion Succeeds: Greater Influence for Stamverwantschap
- Introduction
- The Vision Survives – Excitement Builds
- New Symbols of Dutchness
- Harting’s Seminal Publication
- Liberal Appeals to Reason and Fairness
- A Prominent Liberal Looks Back in Anger
- Neutrality Trumps Stamverwantschap Again in Parliament
- Attacking Neutrality in the Lower House
- A New Figure in the Stamverwantschap Movement
- Women and the Stamverwantschap Movement
- The Creation of the Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Vereeniging
- Harting’s Vision
- Conclusion
- 7 Rebuilding the Broken Link – the Jonkman Report
- Introduction
- Institutionalised Stamverwantschap – Initial Difficulties
- The Liberals Require Direct Contact
- The Jonkman Mission – A Divide Exposed
- The Jonkman Visit
- Nostalgia
- Dutch Migration Needed
- Connecting with Colonial Society
- In the Oranje Vrijstaat.
- In Kruger’s Republic
- Colonial Nationalism Identified
- Jonkman’s Assessment of S. J. du Toit
- Jonkman’s Published Conclusions
- Lessons from the Jonkman Report
- Conclusion
- 8 President Kruger visits: Dutch Capital Markets Fail Him
- Introduction
- Dutch National Press and English Anti-Boer Propaganda
- Divisions in the Dutch Welcoming Party
- Receptions for the Deputation
- Controversy at Plancius – Kuyper’s Speech
- A purpose and Identity for Calvinist Christians in Africa
- A Liberal Response
- A Declining Role for Kuyper
- Inter-governmental Links with the Dutch-Africans Not Yet Established
- Sobering Impact of Jorissen’s Dismissal
- Jorissen’s Bold Plan
- Investing in the Stamverwanten – a Bad Start by the Koch Brothers
- Testing the Dutch Capital Markets
- Background to Dutch Capital Raising
- Harting Appeals for Support for the Capital Raising
- Investors’ Questions – Meeting at the Odeon
- Sovereign Risk?
- Sovereign Risk Fears Stronger than Kinship
- 1884 – a Reality Check for the Stamverwantschap Movement
- Beyond 1884 – NZASM Funds, Builds and Operates the ZAR Railways
- Conclusion
- 9 Emigration to Southern Africa – Touchstone for Kinship?
- Introduction
- Part 1: Nineteenth-Century Dutch Emigration in a Northern European Context
- Part 2: How the Dutch Failed Their Stamverwanten
- Conclusion
- 10 Educating the Dutch-Africans: A Civilising Mission, or Cultural Imperialism?
- Introduction
- Stamverwantschap as a Vehicle for Cultural Betterment
- Introducing Three Missionaries for Dutch Culture
- Conclusion
- 11 Stamverwantschap Imagined through Language and Literature
- Introduction
- Language as the Conduit for Expansion of National Identity
- ‘A Message to the Dutch People’
- Mixed Messages from the Stamverwanten
- What Dutch Adults Were Reading
- Cor Pama Collection
- Adult Fiction and Poetry
- Bitterness and Accusations
- Stories for Children
- Dutch Caricatures and Cartoons
- Romance and Heroism
- Poetry, Literary Criticism and the Boer as Symbol
- Myth or an Artistic Reaction to Reality?
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.