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The Boer War
The Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) is one of the most intriguing conflicts of modern history. It has been labeled many things: the first media war, a precursor of the First and Second World Wars, the originator of apartheid. The difference in status and resources between the superpower Great Britain and two insignificant Boer republics in southern Africa was enormous. But, against all expectation, it took the British every effort and a huge sum of money to win the war, not least by unleashing a campaign of systematic terror against the civilian population. In The Boer War, winner of the Netherland's 2013 Libris History Prize and shortlisted for the 2013 AKO Literature Prize, the author brings a ...
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L'Or, l'Empire et le sang - La guerre anglo-boer (1899-1902)
Déclenchée dans un contexte de ruée vers l'or et le diamant, la guerre anglo-boer est singulière à bien des égards. Aux origines de l'Apartheid, elle oppose le puissant Empire britannique aux deux petites républiques boers. Ce conflit asymétrique, largement médiatisé, évolue très vite en guérilla. Camps de concentration, déplacements de population, terreur contre les civils, usage du gaz, famine : aucun moyen n'est épargné pour soumettre les descendants des premiers colons néerlandais d'Afrique du Sud. Dans ce livre couronné de prix, Martin Bossenbroek donne toute son ampleur à ce conflit inaugural des tragédies du XXe siècle et restitue, avec un réel talent littéraire...
Tod am Kap
Martin Bossenbroeks preisgekrönte Darstellung des Burenkriegs (1899 – 1902) ist aus der Perspektive des niederländischen Juristen Willem Leyds, des britischen Kriegsberichterstatters Winston Churchill und des burischen Kämpfers Deneys Reitz geschrieben. Deren Tagebücher, Briefe und Reportagen gewähren einen unmittelbaren Einblick ins Geschehen und informieren präzise und umfassend über Vorgeschichte, Motive, Verlauf und Folgen der Auseinandersetzung. Angelockt von reichen Bodenschätzen, nicht zuletzt Gold und Diamanten, kommen immer mehr Abenteurer in die Burenrepubliken Oranje-Freistaat und Transvaal – viele von ihnen britische Uitlanders. Als die Buren ihnen die Gleichstellung ...
The Floracrats
Situated along the line that divides the rich ecologies of Asia and Australia, the Indonesian archipelago is a hotbed for scientific exploration, and scientists from around the world have made key discoveries there. But why do the names of Indonesia’s own scientists rarely appear in the annals of scientific history? In The Floracrats Andrew Goss examines the professional lives of Indonesian naturalists and biologists, to show what happens to science when a powerful state becomes its greatest, and indeed only, patron. With only one purse to pay for research, Indonesia’s scientists followed a state agenda focused mainly on exploiting the country’s most valuable natural resources—above ...
Boundaries and Their Meanings in the History of the Netherlands
Traditionally, the term boundary applies to the demarcation between a physical place and another physical place, most commonly associated with lines on a map As the essays in this volume demonstrate, however, a boundary can also function in a more broadly conceptual manner. A boundary becomes not an imaginary line but a tool for thinking about how to separate any two elements, whether ideas, events, etc., into categories by which they become comprehensible and distinct. The scholar contributors seek not simply to discern the boundaries, but, and perhaps more importantly, to understand the process of delination, and its consequences. With its maverick history and grass-root political traditions, the Netherlands provides an auspicious setting to examine the historical function of boundaries both real and imagined.
Postcolonial Netherlands
"The Netherlands is home to one million citizens with roots in the former colonies Indonesia, Suriname and the Antilles. Entitlement to Dutch citizenship, pre-migration acculturation in Dutch language and culture as well as a strong rhetorical argument ('We are here because you were there') were strong assets of the first generation. This 'postcolonial bonus' indeed facilitated their integration. In the process, the initial distance to mainstream Dutch culture diminished. Postwar Dutch society went through serious transformations. Its once lily white population now includes two million non-Western migrants and the past decade witnessed heated debates about multiculturalism. The most importan...
The Dutch Rediscover the Dutch-Africans (1847–1900)
Die Epoche der Renaissance (spätes 14. bis frühes 17. Jahrhundert) war die intensivste Phase der Antikerezeption in der Geschichte Europas. Die Wiederentdeckung, Aneignung und Weiterentwicklung der Errungenschaften der Antike haben die Kultur der Frühen Neuzeit auf allen Gebieten entscheidend geprägt. Das Lexikon zum Renaissance-Humanismus verfolgt diese Entwicklung vom Wirken Petrarcas bis zur Zeit der Reformation und Konfessionalisierung in 130 ausführlichen Beiträgen zu Sachthemen, Schlüsselfiguren und zentralen Orten der humanistischen Bewegung.
