War of Words: Dutch Pro-Boer Propaganda and the South African War (1899-1902)

Author:   Vincent Kuitenbrouwer
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
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9789089644121


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   11 May 2012
Format:   Paperback
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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.

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Author:   Vincent Kuitenbrouwer
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.773kg
ISBN:  

9789089644121


ISBN 10:   9089644121
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   11 May 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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"""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)"


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)


Author Information

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.

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