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HISTORY
Compassionate Englishwoman, The
Emily Hobhouse in the Boer War
R Eales
In 1899 the South African War broke out. As the war progressed, in London the upper-class Emily Hobhouse learned of the camps in southern Africa that contained mostly Boer women and children who had been displaced by the hostilities. She was so concerned that she decided to go to South Africa to investigate. By herself and on her own initiative, she travelled by ship to Cape Town, to begin the distribution of aid to these camps. She travelled thousands of kilometres through the war and was appalled by the British army’s tactic of clearing the land and herding hundreds of thousands of people into concentration camps, where the awful conditions put the lives of these ‘refugees’ at risk. She urged the local authorities to provide better care and support, but little changed. So she returned to Britain to plead that immediate action be taken. She was met by indi erence from the government and vitriol from the press. This remarkable woman was on the wrong side of history. Her heroic mission could unwittingly have brought down the British government, and her story was smothered. In this book, through careful research, her courageous and inspirational work is once again brought to life.
Historical Archaeology at the Cape
The material culture of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
Editor: C Schrire
This volume documents the excavation, conservation and analysis of Dutch East India Company (VOC) artifacts at the Cape of Good Hope over a period of 30 years. It provides a rich picture of life and times at this distant outpost of an immense seaborne empire in the late 17th and early 18th centuries — a vision of consumption, waste, taste, provisioning, identity and heritage. The book examines ceramics, glass, metal and other material objects in their archaeological contexts. The enclosed CD includes a video reconstruction of one of the VOC outposts, a comprehensive catalogue of collections and colour images of some of the artifacts. By revealing the source, uses and signi cance of some of the material residues of the VOC, this book seeks to create a rich, comparative picture of colonial material culture in an emerging capitalist world.