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OverviewIn the 1890s financial speculation and market manipulation were prominent features of the Southern African gold mining industry. Extravagantly capitalised, starved of working capital, and poorly managed, many mines could not be made to pay. Investors suffered more at the hands of Randlords than they did from those of the Boer Government in Pretoria. By failing to take any of this into serious consideration, accounts that focus on mining company complaints as the root cause of the Jameson Raid and the outbreak of war in 1899 are missing a key dimension of the past. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ian PhimisterPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 44 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9789004690783ISBN 10: 9004690786 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 23 January 2025 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationIan Phimister is Senior University Research Professor at the University of the Free State. He has published widely on patterns of British overseas investment, and on the history of Central Africa, including An Economic and Social History of Zimbabwe, 1890-1948 (Longman 1988). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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