One flag, one queen, one tongue : New Zealand, the British Empire and the South African War, 1899-1902

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One flag, one queen, one tongue : New Zealand, the British Empire and the South African War, 1899-1902

edited by John Crawford and Ian McGibbon

Auckland University Press, 2003

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One flag, one queen, one tongue : New Zealand, the British Empire and the South African War

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-216) and index

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War has been an unforgettable, powerful experience for many New Zealanders, and a defining element in the evolution of New Zealand as a nation. The South African War - the ""Boer War"" of 1899-1902 - was New Zealand's first overseas war, in which more than 6,000 people fought and 230 lost their lives. This collection of essays by leading historians presents various perspectives on New Zealand's involvement in this historical event. Opposition to the war, women and Maori in the war, the Australian perspective, and the Montreal Flag Riot of 1900 are all subjtects covered. Several distinguished overseas historians, inluding Tom Pakenham and Carman Miller, set the New Zealand effort in a wider imperial framework.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction - the orgins of New Zealand's South African War contribution
  • desperately seeking service - the Australasian commandants and the War
  • New Zealand women's opposition to the South African War
  • opposition to the war in New Zealand
  • the contribution of the colonial forces
  • the social and geographical composition of the New Zealand contingents
  • the best mounted troops in South Africa
  • different race same Queen - Maori and the war
  • New Zealand women and the war
  • an Australian perspective on the war
  • the Montreal Flag Riot of 1900
  • war memories - historical consciousness and nationalism - South African history writing and the second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
  • the impact of the War on the New Zealand military forces and society.

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