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An economic history of South Africa: conquest, discrimination, and development

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ellen McArthur lecturesPublication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005Description: xxiii+ 302 p., ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521850916
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.968 F3E2
Summary: This book is the first economic history of South Africa in over sixty years. Professor Charles H. Feinstein offers an authoritative survey of five hundred years of South African economic history from the years preceding European settlements in 1652 through to the post-Apartheid era. He charts the early phase of slow growth, and then the transformation of the economy as a result of the discovery of diamonds and gold in the 1870s, followed by the rapid rise of industry in the wartime years. The final chapters cover the introduction of apartheid after 1948, and its consequences for economic performance. Special attention is given to the processes by which the black population were deprived of their land, and to the methods by which they were induced to supply labour for white farms, mines and factories. This book will be essential reading for students in economics, African history, imperial history and politics. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/an-economic-history-of-south-africa/49F8C64051EE14FEBD84A2646EDBA4EF#fndtn-information
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index.

This book is the first economic history of South Africa in over sixty years. Professor Charles H. Feinstein offers an authoritative survey of five hundred years of South African economic history from the years preceding European settlements in 1652 through to the post-Apartheid era. He charts the early phase of slow growth, and then the transformation of the economy as a result of the discovery of diamonds and gold in the 1870s, followed by the rapid rise of industry in the wartime years. The final chapters cover the introduction of apartheid after 1948, and its consequences for economic performance. Special attention is given to the processes by which the black population were deprived of their land, and to the methods by which they were induced to supply labour for white farms, mines and factories. This book will be essential reading for students in economics, African history, imperial history and politics.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/an-economic-history-of-south-africa/49F8C64051EE14FEBD84A2646EDBA4EF#fndtn-information

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