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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Viney, Graham.     Subjects     Royal tourism -- History -- 20th century.     South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961.     South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1909-1948.     Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Viney, Graham.       by title:      The last hurrah : So...       by call number:      968.055 V783L     Search the Web     Viney, Graham.     Royal tourism -- History -- 20th century.     South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961.     South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1909-1948.     Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

The last hurrah : South Africa and the royal tour of 1947 / Graham Viney. by Viney, Graham. Robinson, 2019. Call #: 968.055 V783L Subjects Royal tourism -- History -- 20th century.   South Africa -- History -- 1909-1961.   South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1909-1948.   Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781472143181 (hc.) Description:  xiv, 386 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, portraits (some col.) ; 25 cm. Notes:  "First published in South Africa in 2018 by Jonathan Ball Publishers"--T. p. verso. Colour maps on end pages. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-372) and index. Contents:  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. Summary:  "The Last Hurrah captures in vivid detail the 1947 royal tour of southern Africa, both the high-water mark of the British Empire and the very moment at which it began to unravel. It is also an intimate, revealing portrait of the royal family - King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret - hard at work in the national interest, and succeeding triumphantly against all odds. The year 1947 was a pivotal moment not just in the history of the Union of South Africa, but of the British Empire itself. Later that same year India gained independence and just one year later the Afrikaner Nationalist victory in South Africa would lead inexorably to the Republic of South Africa in 1961 and its departure from the Commonwealth."--Goodreads. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 968.055 V783L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 968.055 V783L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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