Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa
Author(s): Martin Meredith
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 worlds 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.
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Martin Meredith is a journalist, biographer, and historian who has written extensively on Africa and its recent history. His previous books include Mugabe and The Fate of Africa. He lives near Oxford, England.
General Fields
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- : The Perseus Books Group
- : PublicAffairs,U.S.
- : 0.726
- : 02 September 2008
- : 235mm X 155mm X 38mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Martin Meredith
- : Paperback
- : 968.048
- : 592
- : black & white illustrations, maps