pt. 1. Irreconcilable expectations: Setting the stage ; British expectations at the Cape ; Expectations on the eastern frontier ; The parting of the ways ; The Transvaal unsettled -- pt. 2. Open borders across the Vaal: Foundation and colonization ; Gold to the rescue? ; From flawed to failed ; Britain to the rescue -- pt. 3. Gold, the mixed blessing: Economics, the gold standard and the British policy in South Africa ; Wars, concessions and a short boom -- Opening Pandora's box, mining the gold ; The challenge to mining -- pt. 4. Intrigue and confrontation: Afrikaner nationalism and railway politics ; A tale of two cities ; The conspiracy and the raid ; Power politics ; A short war, a long battle -- Epilogue

1. Gold mines and mining -- South Africa
2. South African War
3. 1899-1902 -- Causes
4. South Africa -- Economic conditions -- To 1918
5. South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1836-1909
6. Electronic books.