Reframing remembrance: The politics of the centenary commemoration of the South African war of 1899-1902

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 359-375

  Grundlingh, Albert ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL HISTORY; WAR;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3442888895     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305707042000215400     Document Type: Article

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