The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power
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A tall, robust-looking, imposing figure, Cecil John Rhodes was a man of many contradictions. Rhodes, the dreamy idealist, called his copy of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius his "most precious possession," while Rhodes, the ruthless businessman, firmly believed in the adage, "every man has his price." He supported invidious racial laws in South Africa, and invented and sponsored the world-renowned Rhodes Scholarships. Although a man of unprepossessing...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195066685
ISBN13:9780195066685
Release Date:January 1990
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:856 Pages
Weight:0.09 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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