{"product_id":"the-dutch-rediscover-the-dutch-africans-1847-1900-brother-nation-or-lost-colony-9789004521223","title":"The Dutch Rediscover the Dutch-Africans (1847–1900): Brother Nation or Lost Colony?","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWere the Dutch-Africans in southern Africa a brother nation to the Dutch or did they simply represent a lost colony? Connecting primary sources in Dutch and Afrikaans, this work tells the story of the Dutch stamverwantschap (kinship) movement between 1847 and 1900. The white Dutch-Africans were imagined to be the bridgehead to a broader Dutch identity – a ‘second Netherlands’ in the south. This study explores how the 19th century Dutch identified with and idealised a pastoral community operating within a racially segregated society on the edge of European civilisation. When the stamverwantschap dream collided with British military and economic power, the belief that race, language and religion could sustain a broader Dutch identity proved to be an illusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Series Editor’s Preface  Acknowledgements  List of Abbreviations, Notes on Currency Values and Translation  Relevant Dates    1 Brother Nation or Lost Colony – Dutchness Re-imagined   Introduction   Theoretical Context   Kinship   Nation and Identity   Imperialism   Nationalism   Cultural Nationalism   Colony   Colonial Nationalism   Language   Language, Literature and National Identity   The View from Europe   Imperialism and Colonialism in the Southern African Bridgeheads    2 Dutch Writing about the Dutch Role in Southern Africa   Southern Africa in General Dutch Historiography   Provincialism or Comparativism   Dutch Imperialism in the Late Nineteenth Century?   Re-thinking the Relationship between the Dutch and Their Former Colonies   Religion and National Identity   Kinship with the Dutch-Africans – Myth or Reality?   Conclusion    3 The Dutch Look Back: The Birth of the Kinship Movement   Introduction   The Netherlands between 1795 and 1875 – a Period of Upheaval   Looking Back to Past Glory   Dutch National Identity   The Liberal Decades   A Colony Lost – the View from Europe   Two groups of Dutch-Africans   Stamverwantschap—the Early Years—1840 to 1875   Ulrich Gerhard Lauts   Lauts Takes the Initiative   Lauts Lobbies the Dutch Parliament   Lauts’ Legacy   The Dutch Government Mid-1850s – Tentative Engagement   Jacobus Stuart   Child Migration 1855–1870   The links sustained by education   Hendrik Hamelberg – the Importance of Personal Experience   Conclusion    4 ‘There Exists a Second Netherlands’   Introduction   The Role of the Dutch Protestant Churches among the Dutch-Africans   Dutch Newspapers and Burgers   Burgers, the Man and His Vision   Burgers’ Vision Reinforced by a Treaty and by Hamelberg   The Unmaking of Burgers   A Dopper Pastor Pours Cold Water on Enthusiasm   Dutch-Africans Attacked from ‘the left’   Metropoles Compared   The imperious British Attitude Towards the Dutch Regarding Southern Africa   The Imbalance in Shipping and Communications   Stamverwantschap Faces the Assertion of British power   Conclusion    5 Dutch Reaction to the Annexation of the Transvaal   Introduction   A measured Initial Response to the Annexation   Pleasure over Burgers’ Demise   Sand River Convention – Sovereignty and Slavery   Slavery in the Transvaal Republic– the Evidence   The Dutch Respond to British Claims   Dutch Supporters Characterise the Allegations as Propaganda   Neo-Calvinist Development of the Kinship Ideology   Dutch Reactions Harden and Protest Begins   Dutch-Africans don’t Deserve Our Support – Another Liberal View   The Dutch Government Responds – the Neutrality Policy   The Dutch ‘Official Mind’ Remains Neutral   Conclusion    6 Transvaal Rebellion Succeeds: Greater Influence for Stamverwantschap   Introduction   The Vision Survives – Excitement Builds   New Symbols of Dutchness   Harting’s Seminal Publication   Liberal Appeals to Reason and Fairness   A Prominent Liberal Looks Back in Anger   Neutrality Trumps Stamverwantschap Again in Parliament   Attacking Neutrality in the Lower House   A New Figure in the Stamverwantschap Movement   Women and the Stamverwantschap Movement   The Creation of the Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Vereeniging   Harting’s Vision   Conclusion    7 Rebuilding the Broken Link – the Jonkman Report   Introduction   Institutionalised Stamverwantschap – Initial Difficulties   The Liberals Require Direct Contact   The Jonkman Mission – A Divide Exposed   The Jonkman Visit   Nostalgia   Dutch Migration Needed   Connecting with Colonial Society   In the Oranje Vrijstaat   In Kruger’s Republic   Colonial Nationalism Identified   Jonkman’s Assessment of S. J. du Toit   Jonkman’s Published Conclusions   Lessons from the Jonkman Report   Conclusion    8 President Kruger visits: Dutch Capital Markets Fail Him   Introduction   Dutch National Press and English Anti-Boer Propaganda   Divisions in the Dutch Welcoming Party   Receptions for the Deputation   Controversy at Plancius – Kuyper’s Speech   A purpose and Identity for Calvinist Christians in Africa   A Liberal Response   A Declining Role for Kuyper   Inter-governmental Links with the Dutch-Africans Not Yet Established   Sobering Impact of Jorissen’s Dismissal   Jorissen’s Bold Plan   Investing in the Stamverwanten – a Bad Start by the Koch Brothers   Testing the Dutch Capital Markets   Background to Dutch Capital Raising   Harting Appeals for Support for the Capital Raising   Investors’ Questions – Meeting at the Odeon   Sovereign Risk?   Sovereign Risk Fears Stronger than Kinship   1884 – a Reality Check for the Stamverwantschap Movement   Beyond 1884 – NZASM Funds, Builds and Operates the ZAR Railways   Conclusion    9 Emigration to Southern Africa – Touchstone for Kinship?   Introduction   Part 1: Nineteenth-Century Dutch Emigration in a Northern European Context   Part 2: How the Dutch Failed Their Stamverwanten   Conclusion    10 Educating the Dutch-Africans: A Civilising Mission, or Cultural Imperialism?   Introduction   Stamverwantschap as a Vehicle for Cultural Betterment   Introducing Three Missionaries for Dutch Culture   Conclusion    11 Stamverwantschap Imagined through Language and Literature   Introduction   Language as the Conduit for Expansion of National Identity   ‘A Message to the Dutch People’   Mixed Messages from the Stamverwanten   What Dutch Adults Were Reading   Cor Pama Collection   Adult Fiction and Poetry   Bitterness and Accusations   Stories for Children   Dutch Caricatures and Cartoons   Romance and Heroism   Poetry, Literary Criticism and the Boer as Symbol   Myth or an Artistic Reaction to Reality?   Conclusion    Conclusion  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210849116503,"sku":"9789004521223","price":100.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-dutch-rediscover-the-dutch-africans-1847-1900-brother-nation-or-lost-colony-9789004521223","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}