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King Solomon's Mines Revisited

Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa

ByWilliam Minter

Back Cover For the first time, an authority on contemporary Africa puts the South African crisis in its full historical context, demonstrating how Western interests helped to create and continue to uphold apartheid in South Africa. For the first time, an authority on contemporary Africa puts the South African crisis in its full historical context, demonstrating how Western interests helped to create and continue to uphold apartheid in South Africa. "Minter provides for activists and scholars, a history of the past that makes sense of the present and empowers those who wish to change the future." — Jennifer Davis, Executive Director, American Committee on Africa "A superb book; I recommend it highly. Its value lies primarily in the central points it makes so convincingly: that apartheid was facilitated by the attitudes and behavior of Western political economies, and that today. Western businesses and governments provide the legs on which apartheid stands. These points are critical to understanding why comprehensive economic sanctions will make a significant contribution to the demise of apartheid. Minter's thorough research, crudite writing. and startling insights are an added bonus. I'd consider this book a must reading. — Randall Robinson, Executive Director. TransAfrica "Splendid.... An invaluable work, elegantly organized and written. — Nadine Gordimer "A well-written, readable, sustained examination of the past and present roles of Great Britain, the United States, and international capitalism in southern Africa. ... It warrants careful consideration." — Leonard Thompson, The New York Review of Books "A must for scholars and analysts of South Africa and the U.S. stance toward that country. — Foreign Affairs

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Publication Date
Jul 18, 2021
Language
English
Category
History
Copyright
Creative Commons NonCommercial, ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
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By (author): William Minter

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