My Mother’s Mother’s Mother
Pieta van Beek, A. van Nierkerk
- Title
- War of Words
- Subtitle
- Dutch Pro-Boer Propaganda and the South African War (1899-1902)
- Author
- Vincent Kuitenbrouwer
- Price
- € 73,95 excl. VAT
- ISBN
- 9789089644121
- Format
- Paperback
- Number of pages
- 408
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 11 - 05 - 2012
- Dimensions
- 17 x 24 cm
- Open Access
- Download on Open Access Platform
- Discipline
- Social and Political Sciences
War of Words - 2
Table of contents - 6
Introduction - 10
part i Principles of propaganda (1880-1899) - 34
chapter 1 ‘New Holland’ in South Africa? Building a bridgehead between the Netherlands and the Boer republics - 36
chapter 2 ‘Blacks, Boers and British’: South Africa in Dutch literature - 66
part ii War of words (1899-1902) - 104
chapter 3 A ‘factory of lies’? The lines of communication of the Boers and their supporters - 106
chapter 4 ‘A campaign of the pen’: The Dutch pro-oerorganisations - 144
chapter 4‘A campaign of the pen’: The Dutch pro-Boer organisations - 144
Chapter 5 ‘Dum-dums of public opinion’: Pro-Boer propaganda,October 1899-June 1900 - 180
chapter 6 ‘All will be well!’ Pro-Boer propaganda,June 1900-June 1902 - 216
part iii The aftermath of pro-Boer propaganda (post-1902) - 254
chapter 7 ‘Whoever wants to create a future for himself cannot lose sight of the past’: Willem Leyds and Afrikaner nationalism - 256
chapter 8 From stamverwantschap to anti-apartheid: the significance of the pro-Boer movement in the Netherlands - 286
Abbreviations - 308
Notes - 310
Bibliography - 378
Index of names - 396
Index of subjects - 402
Reviews and Features
"Kuitenbrouwer licht de adhesie met de zaak der Boeren grondig door en laat zien dat zich achter de voorstelling van spontane identificatie met een edel, geknecht volk een georganiseerde propaganda bevond. Hij laat, evenals de historicus Gerrit Schutte dat eerder deed, ook zien dat de relatie tussen de Afrikaners en de uit Nederland naar de Transvaal gehaalde ambtenaren allerminst warm was. Nederlanders kwamen als betweterig over.
De ingewikkelde verhouding tussen de Transvaal en Nederland doet Kuitenbrouwer goed uit de doeken. Deze mooie studie zal zeker tot verder historisch onderzoek leiden." - Hans Ester, Nederlands Dagblad (24-8-2012)
De ingewikkelde verhouding tussen de Transvaal en Nederland doet Kuitenbrouwer goed uit de doeken. Deze mooie studie zal zeker tot verder historisch onderzoek leiden." - Hans Ester, Nederlands Dagblad (24-8-2012)
Vincent Kuitenbrouwer
War of Words
Dutch Pro-Boer Propaganda and the South African War (1899-1902)
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 of the war. The author creates a fascinating account of the Dutch pro-Boer movement from its origins in the 1880s to its persistent continuation well into the twentieth century.
Kuitenbrouwer offers fascinating insights into the rise of organisations that tried to improve the ties between the Netherlands and South Africa and in that capacity became important links in the international network that distributed propaganda for the Boers. He also demonstrates the persistence of that stereotypes of the Boers and the British in Dutch propaganda materials had lasting effects on nation building both in the Netherlands and South Africa of the period.
Kuitenbrouwer offers fascinating insights into the rise of organisations that tried to improve the ties between the Netherlands and South Africa and in that capacity became important links in the international network that distributed propaganda for the Boers. He also demonstrates the persistence of that stereotypes of the Boers and the British in Dutch propaganda materials had lasting effects on nation building both in the Netherlands and South Africa of the period.
Author
Vincent Kuitenbrouwer
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.
