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Diamonds, Gold, and War - by Martin Meredith (Paperback)

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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.
  • About the Author: Martin Meredith is a journalist, biographer, and historian who has written extensively on Africa and its recent history.
  • 592 Pages
  • History, Africa

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About the Book



Based on significant new research and filled with atmospheric detail, this history makes palpable the cost of greed to Africa's native peoples, and explains the rise of the virulent nationalism that eventually had taken over South Africa.



Book Synopsis



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."



About the Author



Martin Meredith is a journalist, biographer, and historian who has written extensively on Africa and its recent history. His previous books include Mandela; Mugabe; Diamonds, Gold, and War; Born in Africa; and The Fate of Africa. He lives near Oxford, England.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.25 Inches (H) x 6.22 Inches (W) x 1.66 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.69 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 592
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Africa
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Format: Paperback
Author: Martin Meredith
Language: English
Street Date: September 1, 2008
TCIN: 85783950
UPC: 9781586486419
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-0558
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.66 inches length x 6.22 inches width x 9.25 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.69 pounds
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