Anglo American and the Rise of Modern South Africa
Author | : Duncan Innes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Duncan Innes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Theodor Emanuel Gregory |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 722 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Africa, Southern |
ISBN | : |
The author of this factually detailed book was originally commissioned by Anglo American Corporation of South Africa to write a history of that institution, but it was decided after the death of Ernest Oppenheimer to link the company history directly to his name. As a conventional company history, the book is strong on details but devoid of any serious criticism of the company and its leaders. The focus is on the mining and marketing of diamonds, and there are, therefore, several references to the development of mining in Namibia. The author shows, for example, that the acquisition of monopoly control over the Namibian diamond fields through an Anglo subsidiary, Consolidated Diamond Mines (CDM), played an important role in the formation of the newsyndicate in 1925. There is also some information of the strategy of De Beers during the depression in the 1930s, during which CDM was closed down altogether for several years. For another study of the Oppenheimer empire, with fewer details, see Edward Jessup: Ernest Oppenheimer: a study in power. (London: Rex Collings, 1979, 357 p.). From a quite different perspective, Duncan Innes has recently published a well documented and critical analysis of Anglo American Corporation (Anglo American and the rise of modern South Africa, Johannesburg/London 1984). (Eriksen/Moorsom 1989).
Author | : Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, ltd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 31 |
Release | : 1959* |
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Author | : David Yudelman |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1983-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780313231704 |
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.
Author | : Alan P. Dobson (1951-2022) |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2022-04-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1800734808 |
Too often, scholarship on Anglo-American political relations has focused on mutual social and economic interests between Britain and the United States as the basis for cooperation. Breaking new ground, Anglo-American Relations and the Transmission of Ideas instead explores how ideas, on either side of the Atlantic have mutually influenced each other. In those transnational interactions, there forms a shared tradition of political ideas, facilitating “a common cast of mind” that has served as the basis for transatlantic relations and socio-political values for decades.
Author | : David Pallister |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Association of American Law Schools |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 890 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Common law |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Beinart |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2001-10-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019160674X |
An innovative examination of the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped twentieth-century South Africa. This book provides a stimulating introduction to the history of South Africa in the twentieth century. It draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on that country and, to a greater extent than previous accounts, weaves economic and cultural history into the political narrative. Apartheid and industrialization, especially mining, are central theme, as is the rise of nationalism in the Afrikaner and African communities. But the author also emphasizes the neglected significance of rural experiences and local identities in shaping political consciousness. The roles played by such key figure as Smuts, Verwoerd, de Klerk, Plaatje, and Mandela are explored, while recent historiographical trends are reflected in analyses of rural protest, white cultural politics, the vitality of black urban life, and environmental decay. The book assesses the analysis of black reactions to apartheid, the rise of the ANC. The concluding chapter brings this seminal history up-to-date, tackling the issues and events from 1994-1999 - in particular the success of Mandela and the ANC in seeing through the end of apartheid rule. It also looks at the chances of a stable future for the new-found democracy in South Africa.
Author | : Tony Binns |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 2014-09-25 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1317880390 |
This is the first book to combine a discussion of post-apartheid development initiatives with an extended historical analysis of South Africa's dynamic race, class, gender and ethnic identities. Bringing together the research of an historical geographer and two development geographers, the book enables us to locate the post-apartheid transition in a broad historical and spatial perspective. Within this perspective, the limitations as well as the achievements of South Africa's current transformation are highlighted.
Author | : C. H. Feinstein |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2005-06-23 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521850919 |
This book examines five hundred years of South African economic history.