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008			070820s2007 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2007034540
020			_a9781586484736 (hardcover)
020			_a1586484737 (hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn167764014
035			_a(OCoLC)167764014 _z(OCoLC)148873625
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050	0	0	_aDT1894 _b.M47 2007
082	0	0	_a968.04/81 _222
100	1		_aMeredith, Martin.
245	1	0	_aDiamonds, gold, and war : _bthe British, the Boers, and the making of South Africa / _cMartin Meredith.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bPublicAffairs, _cc2007.
300			_axi, 570 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [539]-550) and index.
520			_aA 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.
650		0	_aSouth African War, 1899-1902 _xCauses.
650		0	_aDiamond industry and trade _zSouth Africa _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aGold industry _zSouth Africa _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aAfrikaners _zSouth Africa _xHistory.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xColonies _zAfrica _xAdministration.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _y1837-1901.
651		0	_aSouth Africa _xHistory _y1836-1909.
651		0	_aSouth Africa _xPolitics and government _y1836-1909.
700			_a-
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0725/2007034540.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007034540-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007034540-d.html
856	4	2	_3Book review (H-Net) _uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f7h8-aa
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