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Emily Hobhouse and the reports on the concentration camps during the Boer War 1899-1902 : two different perspectives /

The black spot the one very black spot in the picture is the frightful mortality in the Concentration Camps. I entirely agree with you in thinking, that while a hundred explanations may be offered and a hundred excuses made, they do not really amount to any adequate defence. I should much prefer to...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seibold, Birgit Susanne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stuttgart : Ibidem-Verlag, [2014]
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  • Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part 1 Emily Hobhouse, the Boer War and the HobhouseReport; 1.1 Emily Hobhouse's family background and the liberal circles inwhich she moved; 1.2 The Boer War and the question ""When is a war not a war?""; 1.3 The South African Conciliation Committee and the SouthAfrican Women and Children Distress Fund; 1.4 Emily's Stay in South Africa; 1.5 Emily's Return to Britain; 1.6 The Hobhouse Report; 1.6.1 Bloemfontein; 1.6.2 Norvals Pont and Aliwal North; 1.6.3 Springfontein; 1.6.4 Kimberley; 1.6.5 Mafeking.
  • 1.6.6 The camps in general1.6.7 Recommendations; 1.7 Agitator in England and reactions to the Report; 1.8 Emily's campaign against martial law in South Africa; 1.9 Second visit to South Africa: arrest and deportation; 1.10 Legal Consequences; Part 2 The Ladies' Commission and the Fawcett Report; 2.1 The Ladies' Commission; 2.2 The Fawcett Report; 2.2.1 Report on the camps in Natal; 2.2.1.1 Howick; 2.2.1.2 Pietermaritzburg; 2.2.1.3 Merebank; 2.2.1.4 Recommendations; 2.2.2 Report on the camps in the O.R.C.; 2.2.2.1 Bloemfontein; 2.2.2.2 Norvals Pont; 2.2.2.3 Aliwal North; 2.2.2.4 Kimberley.
  • 2.2.2.5 Springfontein2.2.2.6 Orange River, Bethulie, Brandfort, Winburg, Heilbron, Kroonstad, Vredefort Road, Harrismith; 2.2.2.7 Recommendations; 2.2.3 Report on the camps in the Transvaal; 2.2.3.1 Mafeking; 2.2.3.2 Johannesburg, Irene, Krugersdorp, Potchefstroom, Klerksdorp, Balmoral, Middelburg, Belfast; 2.2.3.3 Barberton, Vryburg, Vereeniging, Heidelberg, Standerton, Volksrust, Nylstroom, Pietersburg; 2.2.3.4 Recommendations; 2.2.4 The General Report on the unusually high mortality rates; Part 3 Comparison of the Two Reports and Conclusions.
  • 3.1 Comparison of the Hobhouse Report with the Fawcett Report3.2 Summary and appreciation of the work of Emily Hobhouseduring the Boer War; Bibliography.