TY - BOOK ID - 134052127 TI - The story of South Africa : an account of the historical transformation of the dark continent by the European powers and the culminating contest between Great Britain and the South African Republic in the Transvaal Wa AU - Ridpath, John Clark AU - Ellis, Edward Sylvester PY - 1899 PB - Springfield, Massachusetts : King-Richardson Pub. Co., DB - UniCat KW - South African War, 1899-1902. KW - Colonies KW - Dummies (Bookselling) KW - Specimens. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134052127 AB - In the case of Africa, centuries of time have been beating out the problem, the solution of which has now begun by the arbitra ment of battle. It were not surprising if the historical interest of the twentieth century should center in that continent which once had for its conspicuous actors the Egyptians and the Carthaginians, and which now has for its contestants the Briton on the one hand and the Boer on the other. ER -