Title: Remembering The South African War
Description: The South African War was an important moment of transition in commemorative practice and foreshadowed the rituals of remembrance that engulfed Britain in the aftermath of the Great War. This work provides a survey of the memorialisation process in Britain in the aftermath of the South African War. The approach goes beyond the simple deconstruction of memorial iconography and, instead, looks at the often tortuous and lengthy gestation of remembrance sites, from the formation of committees to the raising of finance and debates over form.
Subjects: Boer Wars, South african war, 1899-1902, Historiography, Social aspects, Motion pictures and the war, War memorials, Soldiers' monuments, Memorialization, Epitaphs, Local History, War and society, Afrikaners, History, Collective memory