Capital and labour on the Kimberley diamond fields, 1871-1890 / Robert Vicat Turrell
- Bib ID:
- 921776
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- Author:
- Turrell, Robert Vicat
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- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987
- xviii, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0521333547
- Series:
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- African studies series ; 54.
- African studies series ; 54
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- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1. Diamond mining: an overview
- 2. African labour in the early days
- 3. The new colonial state, 1873-75
- 4. The Black Flag Revolt: an analysis
- 5. Company mining
- 6. The 'share mania'
- 7. The depression and strikes of 1883 and 1884
- 8. The closed compound system
- 9. Illicit diamond buying and the town economy
- 10. Amalgamation
- Appendix tables
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 278-290.
- Subject:
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- Diamond industry and trade -- South Africa -- Kimberley -- History
- Diamond miners -- South Africa -- Kimberley -- History
- Blacks -- Employment -- South Africa -- Kimberley -- History
- Industrial relations -- South Africa -- Kimberley -- History
- Capitalism -- South Africa -- Kimberley -- History
- Kimberley (South Africa) -- Industries -- History -- 19th century
- South Africa Kimberley Diamond mining industries, 1871-1890
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