Author: Worger, William H.
Title: South Africa's City of Diamonds. Mine Workers and Monopoly Capitalism in Kimberley, 1867-1895.
Description: Donker. Johannesburg 1987 1st edition. Same as Yale University Press isbn 9780300037166. Blue cloth boards. xvi + 330pp illustrated b/w photos. 8vo. No inscriptions. light shelfwear, eps foxed, o/w VG+ in matching dustwrapper (a bit rubbed, foxed internally, no chips, loss, or tears). ISBN: 9780868521268 Principally concerned with the transition to the De Beers monopoly and the effects of this on the labour force which effectively shaped South African society for the years to come.

Keywords: mining social diamonds northern cape south southern africa african kimberley


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