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The cowboy capitalist : John Hays Hammond, the American West and the Jameson Raid / Charles van Onselen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Onselen, Charles, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hammond, John Hays, 1855-1936.
- Hammond, John Hays.
- Jameson's Raid, 1895-1896.
- Mining engineers--United States--Biography.
- Mining engineers.
- Americans--South Africa--Transvaal--History.
- Americans.
- History.
- Transvaal (South Africa)--History--1880-1910.
- Transvaal (South Africa).
- United States--Foreign relations--1865-1921.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Diplomatic relations.
- South Africa--Transvaal.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 557 pages : maps, portraits ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- John Hays Hammond, the American West and the Jameson Raid
- Place of Publication:
- Johannesburg : Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2017.
- Summary:
- "The Jameson Raid of 1895-1896 was a pivotal moment in the history of South Africa ... For over a century, the failed revolution has been interpreted through the lens of British imperialism, with responsibility laid at the feet of Cecil John Rhodes. ... [Charles van Onselen] identifies Californian mining engineer John Hays Hammond ... as the principal architect of the attempted coup in Paul Kruger's Boer republic. In so doing, he uncovers the hidden history of the American West on the South African Highveld, situating Hammond's career against the backdrop of the global expansion of the United States during the Gilded Age."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Looking Up From the Last of History
- The Mother Lode. North Atlantic Revolutions and South African Realities: Plotting Urban Insurrection in an Agrarian Economy, September 1894
- American Sway and Acquisitive Ways: Capitalist Culture and the Foundations of the Witwatersrand, c 1890-1899
- The Makings of Cowboy Jack: John Hays Hammond and the Wild West, 1855-1883
- Cowboy Capitalists, Part I: Trails in the Northern Rockies, 1882-1892
- Cowboy Capitalists, Part II: The Siege of Bunker Hill and Flight, 1892-1893
- Mining. Ghost Riders of the Coeur d'Alene: The Pursuit of Hammond, Johannesburg, 1893-1894
- Sheriff Bob Blinks and Cowboy Jack Steps Up: Johannesburg Sunlight, San Francisco Shadow, 1894-1895
- Rivalries in the Camp: The Beit Boys and the Rhodes Boys, c 1890-1895
- Dr Jim's American Outriders and Medicine Men: c 1891-1895
- Wisps and Curls Rising above the Brew: A Chronological Outline of the Plot, c 1894-1895
- Cowboy Jack's Secret Aspirations: Abducting the President and the District of Columbia Template, October-December 1895
- Blasting. Rangers and Rustlers, c October-mid-December, 1895
- Cowboy Jack Talks Fast and Fires Blanks: From Revolutionary Imperialist to Republican Constitutionalist in Four Days, 29 December 1985 to 2 January 1986
- The Big Roundup: A Weak Agrarian State Corrals Ascendant Mining Capitalists, 3-9 January 1896
- Undermining. Intelligence and Counterintelligence Networks in Johannesburg and Pretoria, c 1890-1895
- State Attorney versus State President, 1894-1895
- Mobilisation and Manoeuvring, 1895-1896
- Managing the Aftermath, 1895-1896
- Agents, Conspirators and Collaborators: Buying Time, Saving Face, 1895-1896
- Milling. Organising a Rescue Party for Cowboy Jack: The Old South Reaches out to Washington, DC, 1896
- The Kruger Government in the Saddle and Uncle Sam has a Word with Oom Paul, 1896
- Smoking the Peace Pipe without Inhaling: Hammond and Jameson, c 1895-1896
- Smelting. Aligning Fact and Fiction: Regaining a Reputation Lost, c 1895-1899
- Back in a Country Fit for Cowboy Heroes: Hammond's American Success Renewed, 1899-1906
- The Phantom Vice President: Greasing the Squeaky Wheels of Big Business, c 1906-1913
- Refining. From the Court of St James's to the Mexican Revolution: Diplomacy and the Dark Arts, c 1910-1914
- Hammond, Mexico and Transnational Capitalism, c 1909-1917
- A Uniform of Greed: Sword of Colonialism, Shield of Law, c 1913-1920
- Riding Shotgun into History: The Old West Negotiates the 20th Century, c 1914-1936
- Conclusion. John Hays Hammond and the Jameson Raid read as American Imperial History.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 536-543) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781868427383
- 1868427382
- OCLC:
- 1003639697
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