Harper, Lila Marz. Solitary Travelers. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001.
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Leander Starr Jameson
Standard Name: Jameson, Leander Starr
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Rudyard Kipling | Despite RD's admiration for Cecil Rhodes
, Alfred Milner
, and Leander Starr Jameson
, he also liked and respected the explorer Mary Kingsley
, whose political views were nothing like this own. |
| politics | Rudyard Kipling | Always an admirer of the administrators, the soldiers, and their women who made the empire function, Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. |
| Textual Features | Bessie Head | Inspired by her early, uncritical admiration for Khama III, Chief of Bechuanaland
, the book moved to the intention of depicting him warts and all (using a title given him by his people, Mother Winter... |
| Textual Production | Flora Shaw | The architects of the Jameson Raid (financed by Cecil Rhodes
, led by Leander Starr Jameson
) used this intentionally undated letter to justify to the British public (after the fact) the armed incursion into... |
Timeline
29 December 1895-2 January 1896
The unsuccessful Jameson Raid, led by Leander Starr Jameson
and financed by Cecil Rhodes
, tried to annex the Transvaal for British South Africa.