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All of London exploded on the night of May 18, 1900, in the biggest West End party ever seen. The mix of media manipulation, patriotism, and class, race, and gender politics that produced the 'spontaneous' festivities of Mafeking Night begins this analysis of the cultural politics of late-Victorian imperialism. Paula M. Krebs examines 'the last of the gentlemen's wars' - the Boer War of 1899-1902 - and the struggles to maintain an imperialist hegemony in a twentieth-century world, through the war writings of Arthur Conan Doyle, Olive Schreiner, H. Rider Haggard, and Rudyard Kipling, as well as contemporary journalism, propaganda, and other forms of public discourse. Her feminist analysis of such matters as the sexual honor of the British soldier at war, the deaths of thousands of women and children in 'concentration camps', and new concepts of race in South Africa marks this book as a significant contribution to British imperial studies.

South African War, 1899-1902 --- English literature --- Imperialism in literature. --- Sex role in literature. --- Race in literature. --- Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 --- Boer War, 1899-1902 --- Transvaal War, 1899-1902 --- Literature and the war. --- Foreign public opinion, British. --- History and criticism. --- South Africa --- Great Britain --- Africa, South --- Foreign relations --- In literature. --- Thematology --- anno 1800-1999 --- 20th century --- History and criticism --- 19th century --- Imperialism in literature --- Race in literature --- Foreign public opinion [British ] --- South Africa in literature --- South Africa - Foreign public opinion, British. --- South African War, 1899-1902 - Foreign public opinion, British. --- South Africa - Foreign relations - Great Britain. --- Great Britain - Foreign relations - South Africa. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- South African War, 1899-1902 - Literature and the war. --- English literature - 20th century - History and criticism. --- English literature - 19th century - History and criticism.