Imperial Factor in South Africa

Cornelis W. de Kiewiet was President of Cornell and Rochester Universities, USA.

• 1. Introduction 2. A House Divided 3. Quasi Crown Colonies 4. A Bundle of Sticks 5. The Annexation of the Transvaal 6. Sir Barle Frere 7. The Economics of War 8. Politicians in Uniform 9. Land and Landlessness 10. The Zulu War 11. Midlothian and Mjuba 12. The Imperial Factor.

‘ …extraordinary thoroughness and sympathetic understanding…’ The American Historical Review (April 1938)‘…solidly based on original papers in the Public Record Office, and the author seems to have spared no pains to extract from them the last relevant detail.’ International Affairs, July 1938‘This book is an important aid to better understanding…such impartial sympathy for all parties concerned as must carry conviction.’ The New Statesman January 1938