1st Edition
War of Words Dutch Pro-Boer Propaganda and the South African War (1899-1902)
By Vincent Kuitenbrouwer
Copyright 2012
404 Pages
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Routledge
Between 1899 and 1902 the Dutch public was captivated by the war raging in South Africa between the Boer republics and the British Empire. Dutch popular opinion was on the side of the Boers: these descendants of the seventeenth-century Dutch settlers were perceived as kinsmen, the most tangible result of which was a flood of propaganda material intended as a counterweight to the British coverage... Read more
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-oerorganisations, 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.
Biography
Vincent Kuitenbrouwer is assistant professor at the History Department of the University of Amsterdam. He is specialized in the history of modern imperialism with a particular focus on colonial media.
