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Author : Daniel Julius Jacobsson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fifty Golden Years of the Rand, 1886-1936 written by Daniel Julius Jacobsson and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Grahame Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521302647
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Symbols of Excellence written by Grahame Clark and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-04-24 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Clark explores the reasons of why humans value precious metals, gems, ivory and pearls so highly.
Author : Clarence Tshitereke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135861935
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book The Experience of Economic Redistribution written by Clarence Tshitereke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-10-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an analysis of the country's political economy in transition. It documents the history of the gold mining industry's involvement in shaping the political landscape of South Africa, and shows the degree to which the political transition was induced to put in place a new mode of regulation for capital accumulation. In the process, the victims of apartheid have now become victims of democracy's neo-liberalism as the government is constrained from being developmental, interventionist and redistributive.
Author : Martin Lynch
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780230052
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Mining in World History written by Martin Lynch and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present. Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before 1453, of a revolutionary technique for separating silver from copper. It was this invention which brought back to life the rich copper-silver mines of central Europe, in the process making brass cannon and silver coin available to the ambitious Habsburg emperors, thereby underpinning their quest for European domination. Lynch also discusses the Industrial Revolution and the far-reaching changes to mining and smelting brought about by the steam engine; the era of the gold rushes; the massive mineral developments and technological leaps forward which took place in the USA and South Africa at the end of the 19th century; and, finally, the spread of mass metal-production techniques amid the violent struggles of the 20th century. In an engaging, concise and fast-paced text, he presents the interplay of personalities, politics and technology that have shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 years.
Author : Baruch Hirson
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1783609818
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)
Download or read book Yours for the Union written by Baruch Hirson and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yours for the Union stands as a landmark history of the making of the black working class in South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it covers the crucial period of 1930–47, when South Africa's rapid industrialisation led to the dramatic growth of the working class, and uncontrolled urbanisation resulted in vast shanty towns which became a focal point for resistance and protest. Importantly, Hirson was one of the first historians to go beyond the traditional focus on the mines and factory workplaces, broadening his account to include the lesser known community struggles of the urban ghettoes and rural reserves. Written by an author with first-hand involvement in South African labour struggles, Yours for the Union broke new ground with its account of the effort to mobilise urban squatters, domestic workers and rural peasants, and remains an indispensable resource for the study of the South African labour movement.
Author : Chris Schoeman
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 177022792X
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)
Download or read book The Unknown Van Gogh written by Chris Schoeman and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about Vincent van Gogh and his tempestuous relationship with his brother Theo. But few people know that there was a third Van Gogh brother, Cornelis, who was raised in the Netherlands, but worked, married and died in South Africa. The son of a Protestant minister, Cor spent his youth in a series of small Dutch towns, with idyllic holidays walking in the countryside with his artist brother, before troubles and tragedies beset the Van Gogh family. In 1889, the twenty-two-year-old Cor sailed to South Africa, where he worked as an engineer on the gold mines and on the railways. In the Anglo-Boer War he joined the Boers, first as a railway engineer and later on commando in the Free State, where in 1900 he suffered a fate that echoed his famous brother’s tragic end. The Unknown Van Gogh recreates South Africa in the tumultuous last decade of the nineteenth century; reconstructs the personal story of a young immigrant from letters and other archival documents; and explores his relationship with his famous brother Vincent. With new insights based on original research, this book uncovers a figure who has been forgotten by history.
Author : S. Bott
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137306718
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book The Global Gold Market and the International Monetary System from the late 19th Century to the Present written by S. Bott and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-06 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using an inter-disciplinary and global approach this book examines the different roles gold played in the international economy from the late 19th century until today. It gives a complete and comprehensive overview of the many facets of the global gold market's organization from the extraction of this precious metal to its consumption.
Author : W.A. Robson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135672474
Total Pages : 903 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Great Cities of the World written by W.A. Robson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The giant city of today is a unique phenomenon. Never before have such acute problems of government, the provision of essential services, planning, social life, and civilized living arisen from uncontrolled urbanization. In the West and in the East, in the more developed and in the less developed countries, in capitalist and communist states, the great metropolis represents a problem of the first importance which challenges the statesman, the official, the town planner, the political scientist, the sociologist and, above all, the intelligent citizen. The editor has here assembled an authoritative series of studies describing the growth, significance, government, politics adn planning of twenty-four great cities of the world. They show how these widely scattered cities faced essentially similar problems. Each study deals with the actual working of one city in the 1950s, how its elective adn executive bodies are organized, the kind of political forces which motivate their activities, the scope and character of the municipal services, how they are finiance. The cities dealt with include Bombay, Amsterdam, Moscow, Montreal, Stockholm, Rome, New York, London, Sydney and Tokyo. This book was first published in 1954.
Author : William A. Robson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415417635
Total Pages : 903 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Great Cities of the World written by William A. Robson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-12-21 with total page 903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : British museum. Dept. of printed books
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book General catalogue of printed books written by British museum. Dept. of printed books and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samadia Sadouni
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137467088
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Muslims in Southern Africa written by Samadia Sadouni and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a socio-historical analysis of the Somali Muslim diaspora in Johannesburg and its impact on urban development in the context of Somali migrations in the Southern African Indian Ocean region from the end of the 19th Century to today. The author draws on a combination of archival and ethnographic research to examine the interlocking processes of migration, urban place-making, economic entrepreneurship and transnational mobility through the lens of religious practice and against the background of historical interactions between the Somali diaspora and the British and Ottoman Empires. Comparison with other Muslim diasporas in the region, primarily Indians, adds further depth to an investigation which will shed new light on the Somali experience of mobility and the urban development of South Africa across its colonial, apartheid and democratic periods. The politics of race, imperial and post-imperial identities, and religious community governance are shown to be key influencing factors on the Somali diaspora in Johannesburg. This sophisticated analysis will provide a valuable resource for students and scholars of urban geography, the sociology of religion, and African, race, ethnic and migration studies.
Author : Naomi Musiker
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg written by Naomi Musiker and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In just over a century of existence, Johannesburg, the "City of Gold," has played a vital role in the development of South Africa. Today, it is the center of Gauteng, the province which serves as the economic heart of the entire region. The city continues to exert influence over the whole of the African sub-continent. Johannesburg's evolution in the last two decades provide important insights into the transformation of South Africa as a whole. The Dictionary is of great value to readers who wish to understand events that shaped South Africa in the successive eras of gold discovery, British colonization, Nationalist Party apartheid legislation, and transformation under the aegis of the African National Congress. The Musikers make an important departure from previous historical surveys in that they include information on the role of the original indigenous inhabitants of South Africa who occupied the area of the future city long before the first white settlers, and who, through their intensive labor on the gold mines, played a decisive role in the progress of Johannesburg. The present volume, besides covering the economic and political history of Johannesburg, also deals with cultural aspects of the city including architecture, art, music, and theatre, which provide a fascinating multi-cultural portrait of the cosmopolitan city.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
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Download or read book Luzac's Oriental List and Book Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Luzac & Co.'s Oriental List written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Colin Gray Matthew
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1046 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Jenner-Keayne written by Henry Colin Gray Matthew and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
Author : Engineering Societies Library
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Total Pages : 846 pages
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Download or read book Classed Subject Catalog written by Engineering Societies Library and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : British Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 1372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
