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Description

1. xvii, 391 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

1. [Publisher-supplied data] A general history of the concentration camps of the Anglo-Boer War, and the first to make an in-depth use of the very rich and extensive official documents in the South African and British archives, this book provides a fresh perspective on a topic that understandably arouses emotions because of the great numbers of Afrikaners especially women and children who died in the camps. Set in the larger context of colonialism at the end of the 19th century, this fascinating account overturns many previously held assumptions and conclusions. Arguing that British views on poverty, poor relief, and the management of colonial societies all shaped administration, this social history 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 a part.

Subject

1. 19th-20th centuries
2. 1899-1902
3. Medical care > South Africa > History
4. Internment camps > South Africa > History
5. War > History
6. Refugees > History
7. South African War, 1899-1902 > Concentration camps
8. South African War, 1899-1902 > Participation, Black
9. South African War, 1899-1902 > Prisoners and prisons
10. Concentration Camps > history
11. Delivery of Health Care > history
12. Refugees > history
13. Warfare
14. Camps d'internement > Afrique du Sud > Histoire
15. Guerre > Histoire
16. Réfugiés > Histoire
17. Guerre des Boers, 1899-1902 > Camps d'internement
18. Internment camps
19. Medical care
20. Prisoners of war
21. Refugees
22. War
23. Burenkrieg
24. Internierungslager
25. Konzentrationslager
26. War > History
27. South African War, 1899-1902 > Concentration camps
28. South African War, 1899-1902 > Prisoners and prisons
29. South Africa
30. South Africa > History > 19th century
31. South Africa > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. Mythology of the camps -- The people of the camps -- Refugee relief -- Order and disorder: the civilian administration of the camps -- Pouring in: the women's experiences -- Meat, milk, measles and mortality -- 'Hewers of wood and drawers of water': the black camp experience -- Winds of change -- The practice of medicine -- Men and money -- Creating a British world -- Repatriation -- The legacy of the camps.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-375) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain