The origins of the South African War, 1899-1902

著者

• Smith, Iain R.

書誌事項

The origins of the South African War, 1899-1902

Iain R. Smith

（Origins of modern wars / general editor, Harry Hearder）

Longman, 1996

• hard
• : pbk

注記

Bibliography: p. 429-446

Includes index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

hard ISBN 9780582277779

内容説明

This is an examination of the political countdown to the "Second Boer War" via the earlier conflict of 1880-81 and the Jameson Raid of 1895, setting the story in its South African and European contexts - for the discovery of gold in the Transvaal and the encroachment of German imperial ambitions contributed to Britain's belligerence alongside the incompatibility of Anglo-Boer aims.

目次

• Part 1 The roots of conflict: the expansion of European settlement
• the formation of the republics
• the discovery of diamonds
• political developments and the failed attempt at federation
• the Transvaal War, 1880-81
• from the Pretoria Convention to the London Convention, 1881-84
• the German incursion. Part 2 Gold and its consequences: the Uitlander influx
• political repurcussion on Kruger's republic
• the concessions policy
• Rhodes, Rhodesia and the resurgence of the idea of unification
• the Drifts Crisis. Part 3 The Jameson Raid: the sub-imperialism of the Cape Colony
• the background to the Jameson Raid
• the abortive Uitlander uprising
• fiasco
• the significance of the Jameson Raid. Part 4 Aftermath 1896-97: the German factor
• the British government takes up the Uitlander greivances
• the Selbourne Memorandum
• the South African League
• the Aliens legislation and the crisis of April 1897. Part 5 The parting of the ways, 1897-98: the new British High Commissioner
• a view from the Transvaal
• the mining industry and the Transvaal Industrial Commission of 1897
• Chamberlain takes up the dynamite monopoly and the suzerainty claim
• the elections of 1898. Part 6 Working up to a crisis, 1898-89: Milner's impatience
• a manifesto at Graaff-Reinet
• the new link-man in Johannesburg
• the Anglo-Portuguese negotiations and Anglo-German agreement, 1898. Part 7 Getting things "forrarder" in South Africa: Milner's visit to England
• the dynamite monopoly challenged
• the Edgar incident and the First Uitlander Petition to the Queen
• the situation at the beginning of 1899
• the Great Deal negotiations. Part 8 The great day of reckoning: the Second Uitlander Petition to the Queen
• the British government takes up the franchise issue
• conference at Bloemfontein. Part 9 British supremacy: after Bloemfontein
• Afrikaner mediation and the new Transvaal franchise law
• the inadequacy of the franchise issue
• British paramountcy
• war-clouds gather over the Witwatersrand. Part 10 Armageddon: the military situation
• the Smuts proposals of August 1899
• manoeuvring for position
• the ultimatums. Conclusion - myths and realities about the origins of the South African War: the "domination of Afrikanerdom"?: Hobson's ghost
• a war to secure the interests of the British capitalists and traders?
• a war for gold?
• Milner's chariot wheels
• Uitlander grievances - Trojan horse or stalking-horse?

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780582495203

内容説明

Iain Smith's impressive reappraisal of the origins of what used to be known as the Anglo-Boer War is based on extensive work in the British and South African archives. While paying due attention to the roots of the conflict in the pattern of European conquest and settlement in South Africa, he concentrates particularly on the transformations that resulted from the discovery of gold in the Transvaal during the high noon of British imperialism and the scramble for Africa. The mounting conflict of interests between Britain and what had been a poor Boer republic makes a dramatic story with a cast of powerful personalities that includes Rhodes, Chamberlain, Kruger, Smuts and Milner. Iain Smith does it and them full justice in this authoritative and enthralling account of one of the climatic moments in South African and British imperial history

目次

Introduction. 1. The Roots of Conflict. 2. Gold and its Consequences. 3. The Jameson Raid. 4. Aftermath 1896-7. 5. The Parting of the Ways 1897-8. 6. Working up to a Crisis 1898-9. 7. Getting Things 'Forrarder' in South Africa. 8. The Great Day of Reckoning. 9. British Supremacy. 10. Armageddon. Conclusion: Myths and Realities About the Origins of the South African War. Bibliography. Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA26447205
• ISBN:
  • 0582277779
  • 0582495202
• LCCN: 95015709
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London ; New York
• ページ数/冊数: xix, 455 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : DT1894
  • DC20 : 968.04/81
• 件名:
  • LCSH : South African War, 1899-1902 -- Causes
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00336049