TY - BOOK AU - Meredith,Martin TI - Diamonds, gold, and war: the British, the Boers, and the making of South Africa SN - 1586484737 U1 - 968.04 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - PublicAffairs KW - British Broadcasting Corporation KW - Colonias KW - África KW - Administración KW - Diamantes KW - Industria y comercio KW - Historia KW - Siglo XIX KW - África Del Sur KW - Oro KW - Guerra KW - 1899 KW - 1836 KW - Política y gobierno KW - Gran Bretaña KW - Relaciones internacionales KW - 1837 KW - Afrikaners -- South Africa -- History KW - British Broadcasting Corporation -- Foreign relations -- 1837 KW - África del Sur -- History -- 1836 KW - África del Sur -- Politics and government -- 1836 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]\550) and index N2 - A history of the tumultuous period leading up to the 1910 founding of the modern state of South Africa explores how the discovery of vast diamond and gold deposits led to a fierce struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the region UR - http://www.h\net.org/review/hrev\a0f7h8\aa UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007034540\b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007034540\d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0725/2007034540.html ER -