Black People and the South African War 1899-1902

by Peter Warwick

Book Overview

The South African War was a costly and bitterly contested struggle. It was fought in a region populated by five million people, four million of whom were black. This is the first history of the war to focus upon the wartime experiences of black people, and to examine the war in the context of a complex and rapidly changing colonial society increasingly shaped, but not yet transformed, by mining capital. The ways in which the war influenced the lives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521272246
• ISBN13: 9780521272247
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"