Diamonds, gold, and war : the British, the Boers, and the making of South Africa / Martin Meredith.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, 2007Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 570 páginas, 16 páginas sin numerar of páginaslates : ilustraciones, mapas ; 25 cmContent type: texto Media type: sin mediación Carrier type: volumenISBN: 1586484737; 9781586484736; 9781586484736Subject(s): British Broadcasting Corporation -- Colonias -- África -- Administración | Diamantes -- Industria y comercio -- Historia -- Siglo XIX. -- África Del Sur | Oro -- Industria y comercio -- Historia -- Siglo XIX. -- África Del Sur | África Del Sur -- Guerra -- 1899 | África Del Sur -- Historia -- 1836 | África Del Sur -- Política y gobierno -- 1836 | Gran Bretaña -- Colonias -- Administración -- África | Gran Bretaña -- Relaciones internacionales -- 1837 | Afrikaners -- South Africa -- History | British Broadcasting Corporation -- Foreign relations -- 1837 | África del Sur -- History -- 1836 | África del Sur -- Politics and government -- 1836DDC classification: 968.04 Online resources: Book review (H\Net) | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only Abstract: 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.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]\550) and index.
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.
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