The concentration camps of the South African War: A social history

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dc.contributor.authorvan Heyningen, Elizabeth
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.date2014-04-01
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T19:35:47Z
dc.date.available2014-09-29T19:35:47Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-29
dc.description.abstractAlthough the issue of the concentration camps of the South African War remains hugely significant to Afrikaners, there has been surprisingly little research on them. This course will provide a new look at the camps, by locating them in the context of the late nineteenth century colonial world and drawing on a range of archival sources. Since high mortality was the great tragedy of the camps, a major focus will be a fresh look at the deaths, their causes and the reasons for the decline in mortality. There were more black camps than white camps and their history has been as much a political toy as that of the white camps. The course will attempt to place the story of the black camp inmates into perspective. It will conclude by considering the legacy of the camps, from the erection of the Vrouemonument to post-apartheid reconciliation and the forging of a new Afrikaner identity. LECTURE TITLES 1. Was there ground glass in the sugar? Looking at the history of the camps 2. Meat, milk, measles and mortality: disease and death 3. Drunken British doctors and Boer probationers: the practice of medicine 4. ‘Hewers of wood and drawers of water’: the black camps in perspective 5. The legacy of the camps Recommended reading Spies, S.B. 1977. Methods of Barbarism? Roberts and Kitchener and Civilians in the Boer Republics January 1900–May 1902. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. Van Heyningen, E.B. 2013. The Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War: A Social History. Auckland Park: Jacana.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitation 2014. <i>The concentration camps of the South African War: A social history.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7743en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation. 2014. <i>The concentration camps of the South African War: A social history.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7743en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationvan Heyningen, E. 2014-09-29. The concentration camps of the South African War: A social history. Recorded lecture. UCT Summer School Lectures 2014. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Other AU - van Heyningen, Elizabeth AB - Although the issue of the concentration camps of the South African War remains hugely significant to Afrikaners, there has been surprisingly little research on them. This course will provide a new look at the camps, by locating them in the context of the late nineteenth century colonial world and drawing on a range of archival sources. Since high mortality was the great tragedy of the camps, a major focus will be a fresh look at the deaths, their causes and the reasons for the decline in mortality. There were more black camps than white camps and their history has been as much a political toy as that of the white camps. The course will attempt to place the story of the black camp inmates into perspective. It will conclude by considering the legacy of the camps, from the erection of the Vrouemonument to post-apartheid reconciliation and the forging of a new Afrikaner identity. LECTURE TITLES 1. Was there ground glass in the sugar? Looking at the history of the camps 2. Meat, milk, measles and mortality: disease and death 3. Drunken British doctors and Boer probationers: the practice of medicine 4. ‘Hewers of wood and drawers of water’: the black camps in perspective 5. The legacy of the camps Recommended reading Spies, S.B. 1977. Methods of Barbarism? Roberts and Kitchener and Civilians in the Boer Republics January 1900–May 1902. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. Van Heyningen, E.B. 2013. The Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War: A Social History. Auckland Park: Jacana. DA - 2014-09-29 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - south african war KW - concentration camp KW - anglo-boer war KW - south african history LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - The concentration camps of the South African War: A social history TI - The concentration camps of the South African War: A social history UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7743 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitation. 2014. <i>The concentration camps of the South African War: A social history.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7743en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUCT Summer School Lectures 2014en_ZA
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dc.subjectsouth african waren_ZA
dc.subjectconcentration campen_ZA
dc.subjectanglo-boer waren_ZA
dc.subjectsouth african historyen_ZA
dc.titleThe concentration camps of the South African War: A social historyen_ZA
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