The Cowboy Capitalist John Hays Hammond, the American West, and the Jameson Raid in South Africa |
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| Author:
| van Onselen, Charles |
| Foreword by:
| May, Robert E. |
| Series title: | Reconsiderations in Southern African History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-4131-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Renowned South African historian Charles van Onselen challenges a historiography of over 120 years, locating the Jameson Raid in American rather than British history and forcing us to rethink the histories of at least three nations. Through a close look at the little-remembered figure of John Hays Hammond, a confidant of both Rhodes and Jameson, he discovers the American Old West on the South African Highveld.
Renowned South African historian Charles van Onselen challenges a historiography of over 120 years, locating the Jameson Raid in American rather than British history and forcing us to rethink the histories of at least three nations. Through a close look at the little-remembered figure of John Hays Hammond, a confidant of both Rhodes and Jameson, he discovers the American Old West on the South African Highveld.