Remembering the South African war Britain and the memory of the Anglo-Boer War, from 1899 to present Donaldson, Peter (Peter McIntosh) creator author. JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2013 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations The experience of the South African War sharpened the desire to commemorate for a number of reasons. An increasingly literate public, a burgeoning populist press, an army reinforced by waves of volunteers and, to contemporaries at least, a shockingly high death toll embedded the war firmly in the national consciousness. In addition, with the fallen buried far from home those left behind required other forms of commemoration. For these reasons, 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 the first comprehensive survey of the memorialisation process in Britain in the aftermath of the South African War. By uncovering the themes and myths that underpinned these interpretations of the war, shifting patterns in how the war was represented and conceived are revealed. Civic war memorials: public pride and private grief -- Pro patria mori: remembering the regiment -- Vitai lampada: remembering the war in schools -- Alternative affliliations: remembering the war in families, workplaces and places of worship -- Writing the Anglo-Boer War: Leo Amery, Frederick Maurice and the history of the South African War -- Filming the war: television, Kenneth Griffith and the Boer War. Peter Donaldson. Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index. e-uk--- f-sa--- South African War (1899-1902) South African War, 1899-1902 HISTORY Africa General Humanities History Military history Boer Wars HISTORY Africa General 1899-1902 fast DT1896 .D66 2013eb 968.048 Remembering the South African war Donaldson, Peter (Peter McIntosh). (OCoLC)859404045 9781781381038 1781381038 1846319684 9781846319686 22573/ctt5p573w JSTOR http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5vjmmh JSTOR 140404 20260728172627.8 in00003912735 eng