Diamonds, gold, and war the British, the Boers, and the making of South Africa
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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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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 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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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-550) and index |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 570 p., [16] p. of plates ill., maps 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781586484736 978-1-58648-473-6 1586484737 1-58648-473-7 |