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Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa

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Availability:In StockContributor:Martin MeredithPublish date:2008-09-01Pages:592
Language:EnglishPublisher:PublicAffairsISBN-13:9781586486419ISBN-10:1586486411UPC:9781586486419Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Africa, Europe, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:South, Great BritainSize:9.25 x 6.22 x 1.66 inchesWeight:1.6909Product ID:SC7EJ21KH4
Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world's richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and most humiliating war that Britain had waged in nearly a century, and the devastation of the Boer republics. The New Yorker calls this magisterial account of those years " an] astute history.... Meredith expertly shows how the exigencies of the diamond (and then gold) rush laid the foundation for apartheid."
Language:EnglishPublisher:PublicAffairsISBN-13:9781586486419ISBN-10:1586486411UPC:9781586486419Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Africa, Europe, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:South, Great BritainSize:9.25 x 6.22 x 1.66 inchesWeight:1.6909Product ID:SC7EJ21KH4
Martin Meredith is a journalist, biographer, and historian who has written extensively on Africa and its recent history. His previous books include Mandela; Mugabe; Diamonds, Gold, and War; Born in Africa; and The Fate of Africa. He lives near Oxford, England.
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