Diamonds, Gold, and War
Subtitle: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: October 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9781586484736
Subjects: African history; History; History - General History; History: World; Republic of South Africa; Africa - South - South Africa; Europe - Great Britain - General; Military - Other; 19th century; Causes; Diamond industry and trade; Gold industry; South Africa; South African War, 1899-1902
Description: 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.