Gladstone and Kruger - Liberal Government & Colonial `Home Rule` 1880 - 85 - Schreuder

1969 hardcover with 558 pages in good condition. Dust jacket has slight wear around edges. This study is concerned with British reactions to the first of the 'African' nationalisms - Afrikaner nationalism. It takes as its starting-point the first Alglo-Boer War of 1880-81, and examines the formulation of policy after the British defeat at Majuba Hill. At that moment, the dangers of a pan-Afrikaner revolt in the Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Province seemed imminent, and the British presence in southern Africa seemed very much at risk. The author, born in South Africa of Dutch and English parentage, was educated at Rhodes University, Cape Province, and at New College, Oxford.