A Canadian girl in South Africa : a teacher's experiences in the South African War, 1899 1902 / E. Maud Graham ; edited and with an introduction by Michael Dawson, Catherine Gidney, and Susanne M. Klausen.

"As the South African War reached its grueling end in 1902, colonial interests at the highest levels of the British Empire hand-picked teachers from across the Commonwealth to teach the thousands of Afrikaner women, children, and non-combatants held in concentration camps. Highly educated, hard...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Graham, E. Maud, 1876-1949 (Author)
Other Authors: Dawson, Michael, 1971- (Editor), Gidney, Catherine (Catherine Anne), 1969- (Editor), Klausen, Susanne Maria, 1965- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2015.
Edition:First electronic edition, 2015.
Series:Wayfarer.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter i The Call to South Africa
  • Chapter ii London
  • Chapter iii Southampton to Cape Town
  • Chapter iv On the Karoo
  • Chapter v Norval's Pont Camp
  • Chapter vi Johannesburg and Pretoria
  • Chapter vii End of the Camp Life
  • Chapter viii Fauresmith
  • Chapter ix Kroonstad
  • Chapter x The Kafirs and the Labor Question
  • Chapter xi Repatriation and Compensation
  • Chapter xii Paupers and Government Relief Works
  • Chapter xiii Education and Church Schools
  • Chapter xiv The Farming Question
  • Chapter xv Homewards.