The Cowboy Capitalist John Hays Hammond, the American West, and the Jameson Raid in South Africa

Charles van Onselen, "The Cowboy Capitalist: John Hays Hammond, the American West, and the Jameson Raid in South Africa "
English | ISBN: 0813941318 | 2018 | 576 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
The Jameson Raid was a pivotal moment in the history of South Africa, linking events from the Anglo-Boer War to the declaration of the Union of South Africa in 1910. For more than a century, the failed revolution has been interpreted through the lens of British imperialism, with responsibility laid at the feet of Cecil Rhodes. Yet, the raid was less a serious attempt to overthrow a Boer government than a wild adventure with transnational roots in American filibustering.