Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

The concentration camps of the Anglo-Boer War : a social history /

Van Heyningen, E.

The concentration camps of the Anglo-Boer War : a social history / Elizabeth van Heyningen. - xvii, 391 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-375) and index.

Mythology of the camps -- The people of the camps -- Refugee relief -- Order and disorder: the civilian administration of the camps -- Pouring in: the women's experiences -- Meat, milk, measles and mortality -- 'Hewers of wood and drawers of water': the black camp experience -- Winds of change -- The practice of medicine -- Men and money -- Creating a British world -- Repatriation -- The legacy of the camps.

9781431405428 1431405426

2012526436

016479299 Uk


Medical care--History.--South Africa
Concentration camps--History.--South Africa
War--History.
Refugees--History.
South African War, 1899-1902--Concentration camps.
South African War, 1899-1902--Participation, Black.
South African War, 1899-1902--Prisoners and prisons.


South Africa.

DT1918.P75 / V36 2013

968.048