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An Imperfect Occupation. Enduring the South African War.
John Boje
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Description for An Imperfect Occupation. Enduring the South African War.
Hardback. Series: History of Military Occupation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 black and white photographs, 3 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 748.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
History of Military Occupation
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252039560
SKU
V9780252039560
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About John Boje
John Boje spent 38 years in the service of St Alban's College in Pretoria, South Africa. His four grandparents lived in the Winburg district and their varied experiences of the war were typical of those recorded here. John Boje is a research associate of the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria.
Reviews for An Imperfect Occupation. Enduring the South African War.
"A superb and original contribution to our knowledge of the South African War. The author has chosen a regional study to penetrate beyond the mythology of past historiography to expose the real and individual experiences of ordinary men and women from the Winburg district of the Orange Free State. It is an honest, thoroughly researched study of a community torn ... Read more