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Diamonds, Gold and War
The Making of South Africa

Inglese · Tascabile

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The prize was great -- not just land, but the riches it held, in the form of diamonds and gold. What became a country called South Africa was, until 1910, a vast and untamed land where great fortunes could be made (and lost); where great battles were fought (and lost); and where great men had their reputations forged, or dashed, or sometimes both. Martin Meredith''s follow-up to his magisterial The State of Africais an equally epic new history of the making of South Africa. Covering the extraordinarily eventful four decades leading up to the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910, it covers some of the most iconic tales of imperial history. The Zulus at Rorke''s Drift; the Jameson Raid; the diamond and gold rushes at Kimberley and Witwatersrand; the Boer wars; the titanic struggle between the arch-imperialist Cecil Rhodes and his Boer rival, Paul Kruger -- DIAMONDS, GOLD AND WARbrings all of these and more together in a stunningly coherent and compelling narrative. History, somehow, just isn''t as colourful any more.

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Autori Martin Meredith, Meredith Martin
Editore Simon & Schuster UK
 
Contenuto Libro
Forma del prodotto Tascabile
Data pubblicazione 31.07.2011
Categoria Saggistica > Storia > Altro
 
EAN 9781416526377
ISBN 978-1-4165-2637-7
Numero di pagine 570
Dimensioni (della confezione) 13 x 19.8 x 3.7 cm
 
Serie Pocket Books
Pocket Books
Categorie Südafrika (Republik) : Geschichte, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Republic of South Africa, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909
 

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