The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power
Language: English
Published by Southern Book Publishers, 1988
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. Damp damage. 800 pages (complete). A vigorous, rigorous biography of Cecil Rhodes by the renowned expert on global governance, Robert Rotberg. Rotberg has, in recent years, co-founded the Index of African Governance. A disciplined book. The dustjacket is intact, whole, damp marked, worn and creased. The top edges have storage staining. The board covers are tight and sturdy with shelving/ storage wear to the corners. The pages have evidence of some usage and wavy due to damp damage. There is a chip on the front end page, They are clean, clear, tight, diligent, competent, confident and very certain. Tightly bound. fk. r*25/01/2022 [AK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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- Title
- The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power
- Author
- Rotberg. Robert I
- Publisher
- Southern Book Publishers
- Publication year
- 1988
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 186812150X
- ISBN 13
- 9781868121502
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 1 ounce
- Seller catalogs
- Rhodesiana
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About the Author
About the Author:
Robert I. Rotberg is Academic Vice-President for Arts, Sciences, and Technology at Tufts University. A noted authority on Africa, he taught for many years at M.I.T. and Harvard. He has written numerous books about Africa, including Suffer the Future: Policy Choices in Southern Africa (1980), Black Heart: Gore-Browne and the Politics of Multiracial Zambia (1978), The Rise of Nationalism in Central Africa (1965), Joseph Thomson and the Exploration of Africa (Oxford, 1971), and Protest and Power in Black Africa (Oxford, 1970). He is himself a former Rhodes Scholar.
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