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Diamonds, Gold, and War
Martin Meredith · 2007 · 592 pages
Politics and governmentAfrikanersGold industryAdministrationSouth African War, 1899-1902Foreign relations
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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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