Research Catalog

Title

The last hurrah : South Africa and the Royal Tour of 1947 / Graham Viney.

Author

Viney, Graham,

Publication

Johannesburg ; Cape Town : Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2018.

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Details

Description

xiv, 386 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
• Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- > Travel > South Africa
• Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002 > Travel > South Africa
• Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
• George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 > Travel > South Africa
• George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
• Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002 > Travel > South Africa
• Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002
• Royal visitors > South Africa > 20th century
• Royal visitors
• South Africa > Description and travel
• South Africa
• Travel
• Visits of state > South Africa > 20th century
• Visits of state

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-372) and index.

Contents

Dramatis personae -- Introduction -- Arrival -- The state opening of Parliament and the question of the imperial connection -- The whistlestop tour : a mid-century royal progress across the veld -- Bloemfontein and the braai at Bultfontein : Afrikaans vs English-speaking in the Free State -- Race, empire, politics and agendas : Eshowe, Durban and Currie's Fountain -- A state banquet in Pretoria : the Transvaal capital receives the Royal Family -- Johannesburg : 'Becher's Brook, second time round -- Tea with Ouma -- Tea at Vergelegen -- The coming of age of the Heiress Presumptive : gently towards a new multiracial Commonwealth -- Gone with the southeaster

ISBN

• 1868429245
• 9781868429257 (canceled/invalid)
• 1868429253 (canceled/invalid)

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries