Century of Postgraduate Anglo Boer War (1988-1902) Studies, A

André Wessels

Description

This study provides students, historians, other academics and scholars, as well as other researchers and anyone interested in the history of the Anglo-Boer War, with as comprehensive a list as possible of all postgraduate studies completed on any conceivable aspect of the war, as well as any other postgraduate studies which refer, to some extent, to the conflict.

Sujets

• Littérature Sud-Africaine
• Littérature sud-africaine
• Afrique du Sud
• HIStory
• Second Boer War
• Cape Colony
• Postgraduate education
• Thesis
• HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
• Degree
• Boer Wars
• South Africa
• University
• Sudáfrica

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• Publié par: UJ Press
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781920382162
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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A CENTURY OF POSTGRADUATE ANGLOBOER WAR18991902STUDIES

Masters’ and doctoral studies completed at universities in South Africa, in English-speaking countries and on the European Continent 1908-2008

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A C E N T U RY O F P O S T G R A D U AT E ( ) A N G L O -B O E R WA R 1899-1902 S T U D I E S

Masters’ and doctoral studies completed at universities in South Africa, in English-speaking countries and on the European Continent 1908-2008

André Wessels

A century of postgraduate Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) studies

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First edition 2010

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In memory of Professor M.C.E. “Tienie” van Schoor 1920-2009 who was an expert on the history of the Anglo-Boer War and the supervisor of many theses that dealt with the war

Other books by André Wessels include the following:   Anglo-Boer War diary of Herbert Gwynne Howelleditor; Pretoria, 1986   Die oorlogsherinneringe van kommandant Jacobs Petrus Nesereditor; Christiaan de Wet-annale7, 1987   Egodokumente: persoonlike ervaringe uit die Anglo-Boereoorlog 1899- 1902editor-in-chief; Bloemfontein, 1993   Britse fortiîkasies in die Anglo-Boereoorlog (1899-1902) co-author, with J. Haingh; Bloemfontein, 1997   Lord Roberts and the war in South Africa 1899-1902editor; Stroud, England, 2000   South Africa’s frigates and destroyers 1944-1985Naval Digest11, 2005   Lord Kitchener and the war in South Africa 1899-1902editor; Stroud, England, 2006

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Preface ................................................................................................... 9 1. Introduction ................................................................................ 13 2. Analysis ....................................................................................... 19 2.1 Topics ........................................................................................... 21 2.2 Universities and supervisors .................................................... 24 2.3 Number of degrees per year ..................................................... 25 2.4 The publication of theses ........................................................... 26 2.5 Areas that have not yet been researched ................................ 28 3. The postgraduate studies – According to countries of origin ............................................................................................ 31 3.1 The Republic of South Africa .................................................... 32 3.2 The United Kingdom ................................................................. 62 3.3 The Republic of Ireland ............................................................. 70 3.4 Canada ......................................................................................... 71 3.5 Australia ....................................................................................... 75 3.6 New Zealand ............................................................................... 76 3.7 The United States of America ................................................... 78 3.8 The Netherlands and Belgium ................................................. 89 3.9 France ........................................................................................... 91 3.10 Germany ...................................................................................... 93 3.11 Austria ......................................................................................... 97 3.12 The USSR/Russia ........................................................................ 98 3.13 Poland .......................................................................................... 100 3.14 Sweden ......................................................................................... 100 3.15 Norway ........................................................................................ 101 3.16 Swierland .................................................................................. 102 3.17 Portugal ....................................................................................... 102 3.18 Other countries ........................................................................... 103

4. The postgraduate studies – According to topics .................. 105 4.1 The direct and indirect causes of, and run-up to, the war ................................................................................................ 106 4.2 Military developments 1: The semi-conventional phases of the war ..................................................................................... 111 4.3 Military developments 2: The guerrilla phase of the war .. 114 4.4 Military developments 3: The war as a whole ..................... 115 4.5 Peace eorts ................................................................................. 117 4.6 The consequences and aftermath of the war .......................... 118 4.7 British military developments in general ............................... 121 4.8 The war and British politics ...................................................... 123 4.9 Anti-war activities and sentiments .......................................... 124 4.10 Prisoners of war, hands-uppers and joiners ........................... 125 4.11 Civilians and the war ................................................................. 126 4.12 “Non-whites” and the war ........................................................ 129 4.13 Medical aspects ........................................................................... 131 4.14 Churches and the war ................................................................ 133 4.15 Economic aspects ........................................................................ 135 4.16 Educational aspects .................................................................... 136 4.17 The media and the war .............................................................. 136 4.18 Literature and the war ............................................................... 140 4.19 Town, urban and regional histories ......................................... 143 4.20 The Cape Colony and the war .................................................. 146 4.21 The war and the wider world ................................................... 148 4.22 Personalities ................................................................................ 156 4.23 Other topics ................................................................................. 163 Appendix 1:List of South African tertiary institutions where Anglo-Boer War theses have been completed........................ 171 Appendix 2:South African doctoral theses in Afrikaans A and English E and M.A. theses in Afrikaans a, English e and German g that deal exclusively with the war .............. 173 Appendix 3:The number of theses that deal exclusively with the war per South African university179 ...................................... Appendix 4:The number of doctoral theses that deal exclusively with the war per South African university ............................. 181

Appendix 5:The number of Masters’ theses that deal exclusively with the war per South African university183 ............................. Appendix 6:Theses that deal exclusively with the war according to country .................................................................. 185 Appendix 7:Examples of theses, etc. at levels other than Masters’ or doctoral187 ...................................................................

Source list ............................................................................................. 195 I. Finding aids 1: Books ................................................................ 195 II. Finding aids 2: Internet sources .............................................. 196 III. Other consulted sources 1: Books ........................................... 199 IV. Other consulted sources 2: Journal articles ............................ 204 V. Other consulted sources 3: Government publications ......... 205 VI. Other consulted sources 4: Unpublished theses ................... 205 VII. Other consulted sources 5: Archival inventories .................. 205

PÉàÇÉ he Anglo-Boer War of 1899 to 1902 – also known as the South T African War, Boer War or Three Years’ War, and still referred to by many Afrikaners as the “Tweede Vryheidsoorlog” Second War of Liberation/Independence or “Engelse Oorlog” English War – is the most devastating war which has thus far been fought in Southern Africa. Approximately 2 700 books have been wrien about this extensive war, as well as thousands of articles in newspapers and in both popular and scholarly journals. And in 1908, a mere six years after the cessation of hostilities, the ïrst doctoral study that dealt with an Anglo-Boer War topic was completed – interestingly enough, in the United States of America. Some hundred years after the completion of the ïrst postgraduate study on the war, and at the start of the 110th anniversary of the outbreak of the war, it is the purpose of this study to provide students, historians and other academics and scholars, as well as other researchers and anyone interested in the history of the Anglo-Boer War, with as complete a list as possible of all postgraduate studies completed on any conceivable aspect of the war, as well as of any other postgraduate studies that refer to some extent to the conict. Masters’ studies are usually referred to as theses or dissertations, whereas doctoral studies are referred to as dissertations or theses. For the sake of brevity and clarity, all theses/dissertations referred to in this publication are regarded as postgraduate theses, and will sometimes also be referred to as M i.e. Masters’ studies and D i.e. doctoral studies, or even more briey as Ms and Ds. In Chapter 3 a list of all the M and D studies is provided, alphabetically according to the students’ surnames, and per country, starting with South Africa, then moving on to the United Kingdom, the other English-speaking countries, namely the Republic of Ireland, Canada a bilingual country, although no French studies on the war could be traced in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and then the countries of the European Continent: the Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, the USSR/Russia, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Swierland and Portugal. The titles of those studies that deal exclusively or almost exclusively with the war, are printed inbold. Background information with regard to each country’s role with regard to the Anglo-Boer War, is also provided. In Chapter 4 all the studies are once again listed, but this time thematically; for example in terms of military events, civilians and the war, peace eorts, and literature and

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