Diamonds, gold, and war : the British, the Boers, and the making of South Africa / Martin Meredith.
Meredith, Martin.
2007
DT1894 .M47 2007 (Mapit)
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Title Diamonds, gold, and war : the British, the Boers, and the making of South Africa / Martin Meredith.
Author Meredith, Martin.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9781586484736
1586484737
Imprint New York : PublicAffairs, c2007.
Language English
Description xi, 570 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number DT1894 .M47 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 968.04/81
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-550) and index.
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Diamond fever
Blue ground
Kimberley
The diggers' revolt
Enter the magnates
The imperial factor
Oom Paul
The washing of spears
Majuba
The diamond bubble
The stripping clause
Dreams and fantasies
The road to the north
The German spectre
The most powerful company in the world
A chosen people
Johannesburg
The corner house
A marriage of convenience
The place of slaughter
The balance of Africa
To Ophir direct
Kruger's protectorate
Groote Schuur
A bill for Africa
Not for posterity
The Loot Committee
A tale of two towns
The randlords
The Rhodes conspiracy
Jameson's raid
Missing telegrams
By right of conquest
The richest spot on earth
Nemesis
The great game
The drumbeat for war
Ultimatums
The fortunes of war
Marching to Pretoria
Scorched earth
The bitter end
Envoi
The Sunnyside strategy
Vukani Bantu!
The Black Ordinance
The sphinx problem
Epilogue.

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