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

Vincent Kuitenbrouwer

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2012

War of Words

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

Vincent Kuitenbrouwer

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048515950

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About this book

The Boer War gripped the Dutch public during the turn of the nineteenth century, when the Boer Republics, made up of descendants of seventeenth-century settlers from the Netherlands, were fighting the British Empire in South Africa. War of Words examines the ample Dutch propaganda during this time period, which attempted to counterweigh the British coverage of the war. Vincent Kuitenbrouwer offers a highly readable study of the pro-Boer movement in the Netherlands both during the Boer War and far into the twentieth century, while exploring the representation of South Africans in Dutch-language publications and the several persistent stereotypes that colored the Dutch attitude toward the Boers.

Author / Editor information

Vincent Kuitenbrouwer is a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Amsterdam.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	9
PART I Principles of propaganda (1880-1899)
Chapter 1. ‘New Holland’ in South Africa? Building a bridgehead between the Netherlands and the Boer republics Open Access Download PDF	35
Chapter 2. ‘Blacks, Boers and British’: South Africa in Dutch literature Open Access Download PDF	65
PART II War of words (1899-1902)
Chapter 3. A ‘factory of lies’? The lines of communication of the Boers and their supporters Open Access Download PDF	105
Chapter 4. ‘A campaign of the pen’: The Dutch pro-Boer organisations Open Access Download PDF	143
Chapter 5. ‘Dum-dums of public opinion’: Pro-Boer propaganda, October 1899-June 1900 Open Access Download PDF	179
Chapter 6. ‘All will be well!’ Pro-Boer propaganda, June 1900-June 1902 Open Access Download PDF	215
PART III The aftermath of pro-Boer propaganda (post-1902)
Chapter 7. ‘Whoever wants to create a future for himself cannot lose sight of the past’: Willem Leyds and Afrikaner nationalism Open Access Download PDF	255
Chapter 8. From stamverwantschap to anti-apartheid: the significance of the pro-Boer movement in the Netherlands Open Access Download PDF	285
Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	307
Notes Open Access Download PDF	309
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	377
Index of names Open Access Download PDF	395
Index of subjects Open Access Download PDF	401

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 404

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Published: November 5, 2012
ISBN: 9789048515950