TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meredith,Martin
TI  - Diamonds, gold, and war: the British, the Boers, and the making of South Africa 
SN  - 978-1-58648-641-9
AV  - DT1894 .M47 2007
U1  - 968.04/81 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - South African War, 1899-1902
KW  - Causes
KW  - Diamond industry and trade
KW  - South Africa
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Gold industry
KW  - Afrikaners
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Africa
KW  - Administration
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 1837-1901
KW  - 1836-1909
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-550) and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007034540-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007034540-d.html
UR  - http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f7h8-aa
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0725/2007034540.html
ER  -