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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
PublicAffairs,
©2007.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 570 pages, [16] pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-550) and index. |
ISBN: | 1586486411 9781586486419 9781586486778 1586486772 |