Author: John Boje
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252097653
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The South African War (1899–1902), also called the Boer War and Anglo-Boer War, began as a conventional conflict. It escalated into a savage irregular war fought between the two Boer republics and a British imperial force that adopted a scorched-earth policy and used concentration camps to break the will of Afrikaner patriots and Boer guerrillas. In An Imperfect Occupation , John Boje delves into the agonizing choices faced by Winburg district residents during the British occupation. Afrikaner men fought or evaded combat or collaborated; Afrikaner women fled over the veld or submitted to life in the camps; and black Africans weighed the life or death consequences of taking sides. Boje's sensitive analysis showcases the motives, actions, and reactions of Boers and Africans alike as initial British accommodation gave way to ruthlessness. Challenging notions of Boer unity and homogeneity, Boje illustrates the precarious tightrope of resistance, neutrality, and collaboration walked by people on all sides. He also reveals how the repercussions of the war's transformative effect on Afrikaner identity plays out in today's South Africa. Readable and compassionate, An Imperfect Occupation provides a dramatic account of the often overlooked aspects of one of the first "modern" wars.
An Imperfect Occupation
Author: John Boje
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252097653
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The South African War (1899–1902), also called the Boer War and Anglo-Boer War, began as a conventional conflict. It escalated into a savage irregular war fought between the two Boer republics and a British imperial force that adopted a scorched-earth policy and used concentration camps to break the will of Afrikaner patriots and Boer guerrillas. In An Imperfect Occupation , John Boje delves into the agonizing choices faced by Winburg district residents during the British occupation. Afrikaner men fought or evaded combat or collaborated; Afrikaner women fled over the veld or submitted to life in the camps; and black Africans weighed the life or death consequences of taking sides. Boje's sensitive analysis showcases the motives, actions, and reactions of Boers and Africans alike as initial British accommodation gave way to ruthlessness. Challenging notions of Boer unity and homogeneity, Boje illustrates the precarious tightrope of resistance, neutrality, and collaboration walked by people on all sides. He also reveals how the repercussions of the war's transformative effect on Afrikaner identity plays out in today's South Africa. Readable and compassionate, An Imperfect Occupation provides a dramatic account of the often overlooked aspects of one of the first "modern" wars.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252097653
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The South African War (1899–1902), also called the Boer War and Anglo-Boer War, began as a conventional conflict. It escalated into a savage irregular war fought between the two Boer republics and a British imperial force that adopted a scorched-earth policy and used concentration camps to break the will of Afrikaner patriots and Boer guerrillas. In An Imperfect Occupation , John Boje delves into the agonizing choices faced by Winburg district residents during the British occupation. Afrikaner men fought or evaded combat or collaborated; Afrikaner women fled over the veld or submitted to life in the camps; and black Africans weighed the life or death consequences of taking sides. Boje's sensitive analysis showcases the motives, actions, and reactions of Boers and Africans alike as initial British accommodation gave way to ruthlessness. Challenging notions of Boer unity and homogeneity, Boje illustrates the precarious tightrope of resistance, neutrality, and collaboration walked by people on all sides. He also reveals how the repercussions of the war's transformative effect on Afrikaner identity plays out in today's South Africa. Readable and compassionate, An Imperfect Occupation provides a dramatic account of the often overlooked aspects of one of the first "modern" wars.
An Imperfect Occupation
Author: Johannes Gerhardus Boje
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Occupational Diseases
Author: H. B. Blakey
Publisher:
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Category : Hygiene, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Publisher:
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Category : Hygiene, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Twentieth Century Practice: Occupation diseases, drug-habits, and poisons
Author: Thomas Lathrop Stedman
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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The Solicitors' Journal and Weekly Reporter
The American Reports
Author: Isaac Grant Thompson
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
Oversight on the Administration of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 1981
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Investigations and General Oversight
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The Law of Mortgage, and Other Securities Upon Property
Author: William Richard Fisher
Publisher:
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Category : Mortgages
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
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ISBN:
Category : Mortgages
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
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The Kindergarten Guide
Author: Mrs. Maria Kraus-Boelte
Publisher:
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Category : Kindergarten
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Publisher:
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Category : Kindergarten
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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The Law Reports
Author: Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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