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King Solomon's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa [Hardcover]

William Minter (Author)


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November 1986
"A superb book. I recommend it highly. Thorough research, erudite writing, and startling insights. Must reading." — Randall Robinson, Founding Executive Director, TransAfrica
"Splendid... An invaluable work, elegantly organized and written. — Nadine Gordimer
"A must for scholars and analysts of South Africa and the U.S. stance toward that country. — Foreign Affairs
"This is the history of southern Africa that anti-apartheid militants have been waiting for. Its critics will be hard-pressed to match its cogency and depth of documentation. — Geroge M. Fredrickson
"Impressive work. Lucid scholarship. Coherently presents the last hundred years as they directly lead to the unfolding cataclysm of South Africa. — June Jordan
"The clearest comprehensive account of the political history of southern Africa I know. Committed, sober, and intelligent." — Immanuel Wallerstein
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This book examines the modern history of southern Africa with one eye on the geopolitical and economic concerns of the West. Only the first two chapters survey the period up to 1940, leaving 80 percent for recent events. Two illustrative chapters are "The Limits of Cold War Liberalism: colonial southern Africa in the Sixties" and "Letting Time Run Out: the shape of engagement in the Reagan era." While filled with topics such as corporate interests, multinationals, and sanctions, this is not a neo-Marxian analysis. Well researched and soberly reflective, typical of Minter's scholarly background, this concludes by exhorting the West to abandon its shortsighted alliance with South Africa. Recommended for all university libraries. John Grotpeter, Political Science Dept., St. Louis Coll. of Pharmacy
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 401 pages
  • Publisher: Basic Books (November 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0465037232
  • ISBN-13: 978-0465037230
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,450,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

William Minter is the editor of AfricaFocus Bulletin (http://www.africafocus.org). He has been a writer, researcher, and activist since the mid-1960s, focusing particularly on southern Africa and international issues. He studied at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria in 1961-62 and taught in Tanzania and Mozambique at the secondary school of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) in 1966-68 and 1974-76. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology and a certificate in African studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Minter worked as a writer, editor, and researcher at Africa News Service (now http://allafrica.com) in Durham, N.C. in 1973 and 1976-82. Based in Washington since 1982, he has combined personal research and writing with contract work for a number of organizations, including policy analysis, writing, and development of computer-mediated communication tools. This has included work for Africa Action and its predecessor organization, the Africa Policy Information Center (APIC), from 1992 through fall 2003, and for the affiliated Washington Office on Africa (WOA), from 1992 to 1997.

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