Fuelling the Empire. South Africa's gold and the road to war

J. Wiley

2003

XIX, 324 p.

9780470850671

Contents:Acknowledgements;Introduction;PART ONE: IRRECONCILABLE EXPECTATIONS. Setting the Stage.British Expectations at the Cape.Expectations on the Eastern Frontier.The Parting of the Ways.The Transvaal Unsettled;PART TWO: OPEN BORDERS ACROSS THE VAAL. Foundation and Colonization.Gold to the Rescue?From Flawed to Failed.Britain to the Rescue; PART THREE: GOLD – THE MIXED BLESSING.Economics, the Gold Standard and British policy in South Africa.Wars, Concessions and a Short Boom.Opening Pandora's Box - Mining the Gold.The Challenge to Mining;PART FOUR: INTRIGUE AND CONFRONTATION.Afrikaner Nationalism and Railway Politics.A Tale of Two Cities.The Conspiracy and the Raid.Power Politics.A Short War - A Long Battle; Epilogue; Bibliographical Notes;Bibliography;Index.

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