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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141279603321

Autore

Kuitenbrouwer Vincent

Titolo

War of words : Dutch pro-Boer propaganda and the South African War (1899-1902) / / Vincent Kuitenbrouwer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-69833-1

90-485-1595-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

968.0483417

Soggetti

Propaganda

South African War, 1899-1902

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

<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 propaganda during this time period, which attempted to counterweigh the British coverage of the war. Vincent Kuitenbrouwer



offers a highly readable study of the pro-Boer movement in the Netherlands both during the Boer War and far into the twentieth century, while exploring the representation of South Africans in Dutch-language publications and the several persistent stereotypes that colored the Dutch attitude toward the Boers.<br></div>