Die Beheer, Behandeling en Lewe van die Krygsgevangenes Gedurende die Anglo-Boereoorlog, 1899-1902 (1975)

Oosthuizen, S P R

Description:

This is a rare copy of the author's massive (x + 634 pp) single-sided cyclostyled typescript PhD thesis awarded by the then University of the Orange Free State in 1975.

[Pieter Oosthuizen was the author of the 1987 work "Boer War Memorabilia" (see Lot 108 of the present auction).]

In the foreword to his thesis, Oosthuizen notes that there was previously no book on the general situation of Boer prisoners-of-war. Instead, there were diaries and memoirs of individuals, but (translated) "knowledge of the many facets of their treatment and activities" remained a forgotten chapter in our history.

As well as the five South African camps, 61 overseas camps were researched - in Bermuda, St Helena, Ceylon and India.

 

Details:

  • Publisher: The author
  • Publisher Place: Bloemfontein
  • Date of Publication: 1975
  • Edition: Thesis
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 305 x 230 x 75 (3.3 kg)
  • Lot No: 130
  • Hammer Price: $1838
  • Bids: 22
  • Visits: 238
  • Estimate: $200
  • Reserve: $75

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