Add to ORKGDuring both the Boer War (1899-1902) and the Kenya Emergency (1952-1960), British authorities responded to nationalist movements by adopting a policy of total war that included imprisonment of suspected conspirators and civilians alike in overcrowded detention camps with inadequate facilities and high mortality rates. During both conflicts, women activists – Emily Hobhouse in 1901 and Barbara Castle in 1955 – spearheaded campaigns, demanding official, independent inquiries into camp conditions and treatment of detainees. Despite the similarities, the British authorities’ reactions to the two campaigns differed significantly. While the conflicts’ differing lengths and the Empire’s decline influenced British policy on camp conditions in both ...
A number of works have recently been published that seek to re-narrate colonial histories, with a pa...
Although the issue of the concentration camps of the South African War remains hugely significant to...
From the late nineteenth century onwards the critical eyes of black British individuals and organisa...
The South African War of 1899-1902 served as the culmination of a century-long conflict between two ...
On 11 October 1899, the South African War commenced between the British Empire and the South African...
In the 1970s the phenomenon of black concentration camps in the Anglo-Boer War began receiving atten...
During the South African/Anglo-Boer War(1899-1902), the British established concentration camps in r...
Abstract: From the outset of the South African War both the British and Boer forces deliberately and...
The postwar government of South Africa, led by H.F. Verwoerd, implemented wide-ranging racial segreg...
Amid the recent outpouring of books and articles rehabilitating the purposes and practices of empire...
Abstract: On 11 October 1899 hostilities commenced between the former British Empire and the two Boe...
The Boer War, which is frequently referred to as Britain's Vietnam or Afghanistan, was marked by gro...
During the course of the Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902, over 9,000 captured Boers were sent abroad to ...
A number of works have recently been published that seek to re-narrate colonial histories, with a pa...
During the First World War, Britain was the epicentre of global mass internment and deportation oper...
A number of works have recently been published that seek to re-narrate colonial histories, with a pa...
Although the issue of the concentration camps of the South African War remains hugely significant to...
From the late nineteenth century onwards the critical eyes of black British individuals and organisa...
The South African War of 1899-1902 served as the culmination of a century-long conflict between two ...
On 11 October 1899, the South African War commenced between the British Empire and the South African...
In the 1970s the phenomenon of black concentration camps in the Anglo-Boer War began receiving atten...
During the South African/Anglo-Boer War(1899-1902), the British established concentration camps in r...
Abstract: From the outset of the South African War both the British and Boer forces deliberately and...
The postwar government of South Africa, led by H.F. Verwoerd, implemented wide-ranging racial segreg...
Amid the recent outpouring of books and articles rehabilitating the purposes and practices of empire...
Abstract: On 11 October 1899 hostilities commenced between the former British Empire and the two Boe...
The Boer War, which is frequently referred to as Britain's Vietnam or Afghanistan, was marked by gro...
During the course of the Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902, over 9,000 captured Boers were sent abroad to ...
A number of works have recently been published that seek to re-narrate colonial histories, with a pa...
During the First World War, Britain was the epicentre of global mass internment and deportation oper...
A number of works have recently been published that seek to re-narrate colonial histories, with a pa...
Although the issue of the concentration camps of the South African War remains hugely significant to...
From the late nineteenth century onwards the critical eyes of black British individuals and organisa...