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The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa (Paperback)♥ Add to Wishlist

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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 world's 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 ... more

     

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      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 world's 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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      • Media: Paperback Book, 570 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: PublicAffairs (Sep. 30th, 2008)
      • ISBN-10: 1586486411
      • ISBN-13: 9781586486419
      • Dimensions: 6.22 x 9.25 x 1.66 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 1.69 lbs
      • Categories: Republic of South Africa History

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