Author: Lwandze Dlamini
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3346992934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Essay from the year 2020 in the subject History - Africa, grade: B, , course: History, language: English, abstract: This essay discusses the role of the state and mining companies in the development of the mining industry in South Africa up to 1900. According to Shula Marks the discovery of diamonds in Griqualand west gave a way for large companies and underground mining at Kimberly in the late 1870s, it also gave a way for a wave of international investors; so called mine magnets such as Cecil Rhodes and de Beers which were heavily involved in this activities. Mining companies therefore played a major role in the development of diamond mining in South Africa. Marks also puts it clear that capital investment in the Cape government securities became a major role in the relationship between the Cape and Great Britain, the capital was furthering local interests through building railways and other public works. The state government was therefore also heavily involved in the diamond mining in South Africa.
The development of the mining industry in South Africa up to 1900
Author: Lwandze Dlamini
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3346992934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Essay from the year 2020 in the subject History - Africa, grade: B, , course: History, language: English, abstract: This essay discusses the role of the state and mining companies in the development of the mining industry in South Africa up to 1900. According to Shula Marks the discovery of diamonds in Griqualand west gave a way for large companies and underground mining at Kimberly in the late 1870s, it also gave a way for a wave of international investors; so called mine magnets such as Cecil Rhodes and de Beers which were heavily involved in this activities. Mining companies therefore played a major role in the development of diamond mining in South Africa. Marks also puts it clear that capital investment in the Cape government securities became a major role in the relationship between the Cape and Great Britain, the capital was furthering local interests through building railways and other public works. The state government was therefore also heavily involved in the diamond mining in South Africa.
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3346992934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Essay from the year 2020 in the subject History - Africa, grade: B, , course: History, language: English, abstract: This essay discusses the role of the state and mining companies in the development of the mining industry in South Africa up to 1900. According to Shula Marks the discovery of diamonds in Griqualand west gave a way for large companies and underground mining at Kimberly in the late 1870s, it also gave a way for a wave of international investors; so called mine magnets such as Cecil Rhodes and de Beers which were heavily involved in this activities. Mining companies therefore played a major role in the development of diamond mining in South Africa. Marks also puts it clear that capital investment in the Cape government securities became a major role in the relationship between the Cape and Great Britain, the capital was furthering local interests through building railways and other public works. The state government was therefore also heavily involved in the diamond mining in South Africa.
Digging Deep
Author: Jade Davenport
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN: 1868424049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Before the advent of the great mineral revolution in the latter half of the 19th century, South Africa was a sleepy colonial backwater whose unpromising landscape was seemingly devoid of any economic potential. Yet lying just beneath the dusty surface of the land lay the richest treasure trove of gold, diamonds, platinum, coal and a host of other metals and minerals that has ever been discovered in one country. It was the discovery and exploitation of first diamonds in 1870 and then gold in 1886 that proved the catalyst to the greatest mineral revolution the world has ever known, which transformed South Africa into the supreme industrialised power on the African continent. Here for the first time is the complete history of South Africa's phenomenal mineral revolution spanning a period of more than 150 years, from its earliest commercial beginnings to the present day, incorporating seven of the major commodities that have been exploited. Digging Deep describes the establishment and unparalleled growth of mining, tracing the history of the industry from its humble beginnings where copper was first mined on a commercial basis in Namaqualand in the Cape Colony in the early 1850s, to the discovery and exploitation of the country's other major mineral commodities. This is also the story of how mining gave rise to modern South Africa and how it compelled the country to develop and progress the way in which it did. It also incorporates the stories of the visionary men - Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Beit, Barney Barnato, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, Sammy Marks and Hans Merensky - who pioneered and shaped the development of the industry on which modern South Africa was built.
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN: 1868424049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Before the advent of the great mineral revolution in the latter half of the 19th century, South Africa was a sleepy colonial backwater whose unpromising landscape was seemingly devoid of any economic potential. Yet lying just beneath the dusty surface of the land lay the richest treasure trove of gold, diamonds, platinum, coal and a host of other metals and minerals that has ever been discovered in one country. It was the discovery and exploitation of first diamonds in 1870 and then gold in 1886 that proved the catalyst to the greatest mineral revolution the world has ever known, which transformed South Africa into the supreme industrialised power on the African continent. Here for the first time is the complete history of South Africa's phenomenal mineral revolution spanning a period of more than 150 years, from its earliest commercial beginnings to the present day, incorporating seven of the major commodities that have been exploited. Digging Deep describes the establishment and unparalleled growth of mining, tracing the history of the industry from its humble beginnings where copper was first mined on a commercial basis in Namaqualand in the Cape Colony in the early 1850s, to the discovery and exploitation of the country's other major mineral commodities. This is also the story of how mining gave rise to modern South Africa and how it compelled the country to develop and progress the way in which it did. It also incorporates the stories of the visionary men - Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Beit, Barney Barnato, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, Sammy Marks and Hans Merensky - who pioneered and shaped the development of the industry on which modern South Africa was built.
The Emergence of Modern South Africa
Author: David Yudelman
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 9780313231704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Emergence of Modern South Africa views economic conflict, specifically the interaction of the state, big business, and labor, as the central issue in the development of South Africa. Yudelman focuses on the labor-management conflict in the country's gold fields in the early decades of this century, a time and place critical to the development of the state. At that time government walked a tightrope between supporting big business (to ensure economic growth) and appeasing the workers (to remain in power). Yudelman demonstrates how a symbiotic alliance between the mining companies and the state successfully subjugated the workers, and points out that this unique relationship continues to this day, dominating every aspect of life in South Africa. David Yudelman's historical analysis and lengthy epilogue on the 1970s and 1980s shed light on today's economic unrest and those conflicts to come. His book also shows how the South African case provides early and important insights into the development of the state-business symbiosis in industrial societies everywhere.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 9780313231704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Emergence of Modern South Africa views economic conflict, specifically the interaction of the state, big business, and labor, as the central issue in the development of South Africa. Yudelman focuses on the labor-management conflict in the country's gold fields in the early decades of this century, a time and place critical to the development of the state. At that time government walked a tightrope between supporting big business (to ensure economic growth) and appeasing the workers (to remain in power). Yudelman demonstrates how a symbiotic alliance between the mining companies and the state successfully subjugated the workers, and points out that this unique relationship continues to this day, dominating every aspect of life in South Africa. David Yudelman's historical analysis and lengthy epilogue on the 1970s and 1980s shed light on today's economic unrest and those conflicts to come. His book also shows how the South African case provides early and important insights into the development of the state-business symbiosis in industrial societies everywhere.
South Africa's Labor Empire
Author: Jonathan Crush
Publisher: David Philip Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Apartheid
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher: David Philip Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Apartheid
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial Capital
Author: Cassandra Mark-Thiesen
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580469183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
An innovative study of labor relations, particularly the interactions of recruitment agents and migrant workers, in the mining concessions of Wassa, Gold Coast Colony, 1879 to 1909.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580469183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
An innovative study of labor relations, particularly the interactions of recruitment agents and migrant workers, in the mining concessions of Wassa, Gold Coast Colony, 1879 to 1909.
A History of African Popular Culture
Author: Karin Barber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107016894
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
A journey through the history of African popular culture from the seventeenth century to the present day.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107016894
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
A journey through the history of African popular culture from the seventeenth century to the present day.
Chibaro
Author: Charles Van Onselen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Interdisciplinary research monograph on the historical evolution of forced labour in the mining industry in rhodesia (Zimbabwe) from 1900 to 1933 - covers working conditions and living conditions of miners, labour policy and social control, the emergence of trade unionism and of an African working class, etc. Bibliography pp. 255 to 261, maps and references.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Interdisciplinary research monograph on the historical evolution of forced labour in the mining industry in rhodesia (Zimbabwe) from 1900 to 1933 - covers working conditions and living conditions of miners, labour policy and social control, the emergence of trade unionism and of an African working class, etc. Bibliography pp. 255 to 261, maps and references.
Fiscal Capacity and the Colonial State in Asia and Africa, c. 1850-1960
Author: Ewout Frankema
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108494269
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
How colonial governments in Asia and Africa financed their activities and why fiscal systems varied across colonies reveals the nature and long-term effects of colonial rule.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108494269
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
How colonial governments in Asia and Africa financed their activities and why fiscal systems varied across colonies reveals the nature and long-term effects of colonial rule.
Class, Race and Gold
Author: Frederick A Johnstone
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000620131
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Originally published in 1976, this book is a sociological and historical study of class and race relations in a crucial sector of South Africa – the gold mining industry, during and following the First World War. The author develops a Marxist structuralist explanation of the system of racial discrimination, and then goes in to examine the significant historical events of this formative period, notably those surrounding the strike and uprising of the white workers in 1922. The book explains a system of racial domination essentially in terms of the class positions and problems of the dominating groups, and examines historical developments concerning race in terms of class.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000620131
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Originally published in 1976, this book is a sociological and historical study of class and race relations in a crucial sector of South Africa – the gold mining industry, during and following the First World War. The author develops a Marxist structuralist explanation of the system of racial discrimination, and then goes in to examine the significant historical events of this formative period, notably those surrounding the strike and uprising of the white workers in 1922. The book explains a system of racial domination essentially in terms of the class positions and problems of the dominating groups, and examines historical developments concerning race in terms of class.
An Economic History of South Africa
Author: C. H. Feinstein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521850919
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
This book examines five hundred years of South African economic history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521850919
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
This book examines five hundred years of South African economic history.