Title Writing a wider war : rethinking gender, race, and identity in the South African War, 1899-1902 / edited by Greg Cuthbertson, Albert Grundlingh, and Mary-Lynn Suttie

Published Athens : Ohio University Press ; Cape Town : David Philip, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 345 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents The war one hundred years on / Bill Nasson -- The national women's monument: the making and mutation of meaning in Afrikaner memory of the South African war / Albert Grundlingh -- Gentlemen and Boers: Afrikaner nationalism, gender, and colonial warfare in the South African war / Helen Bradford -- Afrikaner nationalism and the burgher on commando / Fransjohan Pretorius -- The role of the Bakgatla of the Pilanesberg in the South African war / Bernard Mbenga -- "Loyalty its own reward": the south African war experience of Natal's "loyal" Africans / John Lambert -- The role of the Emaswati in the South African war / Manelisi Genge -- British nursing and the South African war / Shula Marks -- Women and disease: the clash of medical cultures in the concentration camps of the South African war / Elizabeth van Heyningen -- The politics of war: Lord Kitchener and the settlement of the South African war, 1901-1902 / Keith Surridge -- Hobson's the war in South Africa: a reassessment / Alan Jeeves -- The Jewish war: anglo-jewry and the South African war / Richard Mendelsohn -- Taming the god of battles: secular and moral critiques of the South African war / David Nash -- The South African war and imperial Britain: a question of significance? / Andrew Porter -- Imperial propaganda during the South African war / Andrew Thompson Summary Annotation Presents 15 contributions written primarily by South African historians discussing a wide range of topics on the subject of the South African War. Overall, the book presents a perspective de-emphasizing political economy, examining new research in the areas of commemoration, gender, health, nationalism, identity, ethics, and morality. Some topics include the role of the EmaSwati in the South African War; British nursing and the war; and Anglo- Jewry and the war. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject South African War, 1899-1902 -- Historiography South African War, 1899-1902 -- Social aspects Historiography Social aspects Boerenoorlog (Zuid-Afrika) Geschiedschrijving. Rassenverhoudingen. Sekseverschillen. Form Electronic book Author Cuthbertson, Gregor Grundlingh, A. M., 1948- Suttie, Mary-Lynn, 1953- ISBN 9780821441916 0821441914 0821414623 9780821414620

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