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Dinosaurs, Diamonds & Democracy (Paperback)
Wilson, Francis
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An asteroid the size of Table Mountain crashed into what was to become South Africa over 2 billion years ago, marking the spot. The countrys history since then has always been robust and full of energy. Francis Wilson's Dinosaurs, Diamonds & Democracy takes you in record time from that moment, when the earths richest gold reefs were shaped, to the advent of democracy in 1994, another event that stunned the world.
Along the way you will encounter some of the most ancient dinosaurs on record, the very first people on the planet, and the first cultures. You will see outsiders moving in to reshape history: hunters and gatherers, cultivators and herders, iron-workers from the north, and immigrants from Europe and Asia. They fought and made peace; they stumbled upon gold and diamonds; they rose to the heights of excellence and sunk to the depths of oppression, until on one day they all queued as equals to elect a government.
That is the story marked by dinosaurs, diamonds and democracy.
Along the way you will encounter some of the most ancient dinosaurs on record, the very first people on the planet, and the first cultures. You will see outsiders moving in to reshape history: hunters and gatherers, cultivators and herders, iron-workers from the north, and immigrants from Europe and Asia. They fought and made peace; they stumbled upon gold and diamonds; they rose to the heights of excellence and sunk to the depths of oppression, until on one day they all queued as equals to elect a government.
That is the story marked by dinosaurs, diamonds and democracy.
Product info
- Categories
- South African, SA General
- Authors
- Barcode
- 9781415200865
- Binding
- Paperback
- Blurb
- This is a full-color, illustrated, super condensed history of South Africa from prehistoric times to the present. 3.5 billion years of South African history is condensed into 18,000 words and 140 pictures. In this unique potted history, Francis Wilson takes you from prehistoric times when dinosaurs infinitely older than the Jurassic juveniles ruled the subcontinent, to the time when mankind's ancestors first saw beyond the boundaries that separate the animal kingdom from humankind, to the earthbound cultures of the first peoples, to the arrival of southbound peoples from deepest Africa and the landing of pale people on the shores, to the ensuing conflicts over centuries, to the discovery of the planet's treasure trove underneath the soil, to the wealth that built modern South Africa, with all of its shadows, and to the most fabled triumph of freedom in modern history. This is a lavishly illustrated, full-color, small-format guide, with loads of additional nuggets on the side.
- Country
South Africa- Country of Publication
- ZA
- Date of Publication
- 25 February 2010
- ISBN
- 9781415200865
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 128
- Publisher
- Struik Publishers
- Subjects
- South Africa - History
- Regional History
- ANF:History
- Title
- Dinosaurs, Diamonds and Democracy
- Year
- 2010
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