A tool for modernisation? The Boer concentration camps of the South African War, 1900–1902

A tool for modernisation? The Boer concentration camps of the South African War, 1900–1902

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While not denying the tragedy of the high mortality of people in the concentration camps in the South African War of 1899–1902, this article suggests that, for Lord Milner and the British Colonial Office, the camps became a means of introducing the rural society of the Boers to the facilities of mod...

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Main Author: Elizabeth van Heyningen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2010-06-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
Subjects:
Anglo-Boer War
concentration camps
historical statistics
Lord Milner
measles mortality
South African War
Online Access:http://archive.sajs.co.za/index.php/SAJS/article/view/242

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