Black People and the South African War 1899 1902

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-521-27224-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 40, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 402 g

Reihe: African Studies

The South African War was a costly and bitterly contested struggle. It was fought in a region populated by five million people, four million of whom were black. This is the first history of the war to focus upon the wartime experiences of black people, and to examine the war in the context of a complex and rapidly changing colonial society increasingly shaped, but not yet transformed, by mining capital. The ways in which the war influenced the lives and livelihoods of different sections of the black population are studied - from chiefs and newspaper editors to peasant farmers and artisans, to farm tenants and industrial workers. Dr Warwick shows that black people were far more than either spectators to, or passive victims of, a white man's quarrel, and presents a thorough revision of accepted views on the war. He reveals the vital roles performed by black people in both the British and Boer armies, and shows how the regular and irregular participation of blacks exercised an influence upon the course of war.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Warwick, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of maps and tables; Preface; A note on orthography; Introduction; 1. Myth of a white man's war; 2. Mafikeng and beyond; 3. An encircling struggle; 4. The Zulu's war; 5. Allies and neutrals; 6. The war in the Cape; 7. Black workers; 8. Refugees; 9. Aftermath; Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.