A Canadian Girl in South Africa

A Teacher's Experiences in the South African War, 1899-1902
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-77212-046-2
Verlag: University of Alberta Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Reihe: Wayfarer

As the South African War reached its grueling end in 1902, colonial interests at the highest levels of the British Empire hand-picked teachers from across the Commonwealth to teach the thousands of Boer children living in concentration camps. Highly educated, hard working, and often opinionated, E. Maud Graham joined the Canadian contingent of forty teachers. Her eyewitness account reveals the complexity of relations and tensions at a controversial period in the histories of both Britain and South Africa. Graham presents a lively historical travel memoir, and the editors have provided rich political and historical context to her narrative in the Introduction and generous annotations. This is a rare primary source for experts in Colonial Studies, Women’s Studies, and Canadian, South African, and British Imperial History. Readers with an interest in the South African War will be intrigued by Graham’s observations on South African society at the end of the Victorian era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Graham, E. Maud

Dawson, Michael

Gidney, Catherine

Klausen, Susanne M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtspolitik, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction

CHAPTER I The Call to South Africa
CHAPTER II London
CHAPTER III Southampton to Cape Town
CHAPTER Iv On the Karoo
CHAPTER v Norval’s Pont Camp
CHAPTER v I Johannesburg and Pretoria
CHAPTER v II End of the Camp Life
CHAPTER v III Fauresmith
CHAPTER Ix Kroonstad
CHAPTER x The Kafirs and the Labor Question
CHAPTER x I Repatriation and Compensation
CHAPTER x II Paupers and Government Relief Works
CHAPTER x III Education and Church Schools
CHAPTER xiv The Farming Question
CHAPTER xv Homewards

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gidney, Catherine
Catherine Gidney is Adjunct Professor of History at St. Thomas University, living in Fredericton.

Klausen, Susanne M.
Susanne M. Klausen is Associate Professor in History at Carleton University, and Senior Research Associate, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg. She lives in Gatineau.

Graham, E. Maud
E. Maud Graham (1876–1949) graduated from the University of Toronto in 1896 and taught in a variety of settings before becoming principal of the Girls’ High School in Quebec City in 1907.

Dawson, Michael
Michael Dawson is Professor of History at St. Thomas University, living in Fredericton.