{"product_id":"diamonds-gold-and-war-the-british-the-boers-and-the-making-of-south-africa-1586486411","title":"Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1586486411\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Meredith, Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouthern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the worlds richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and most humiliating war that Britain had waged in nearly a century, and the devastation of the Boer republics. The New Yorker calls this magisterial account of those years [an] astute history. Meredith expertly shows how the exigencies of the diamond (and then gold) rush laid the foundation for apartheid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52274516099360,"sku":"NEW1586486411","price":28.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71hVULVCizL.jpg?v=1788083470","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/diamonds-gold-and-war-the-british-the-boers-and-the-making-of-south-africa-1586486411","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}