Economic History of South Africa Conquest, Discrimination and Development

Name: Economic History of South Africa Conquest, Discrimination and Development
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ISBN: 9780521616416

ISBN-10: 0521616417

ISBN-13: 9780521616416

Edition: 2005

Authors: Charles H. Feinstein

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Charles Feinstein surveys five hundred years of South African economic history from the years preceding European settlements in 1652 through to the post-Apartheid era. Following the early phase of slow growth, he charts the transformation of the economy as a result of the discovery of diamonds and gold in the 1870s, and the rapid rise of industry in the wartime years. Finally, emphasizing the ways by which the black population was deprived of land, and induced to supply labor for white farms, mines and factories, Feinstein documents the introduction of apartheid after 1948, and its consequences for economic performance,

Book details

List price: $48.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English




Setting the context: South Africa in international perspective



Seizing the land: conquest and dispossession



Making the labour force: Coercion and discrimination



Creating the colour bar: formal barriers, poor whites, and 'civilized' labour



Exporting the gold: the vital role of the mineral revolution



Transforming the economy: the rise of manufacturing and commercial agriculture



Separating the races: the imposition of apartheid



Forcing the pace: rapid progress despite constraints



Hitting the barriers: from triumph to disaster



Confronting the contradictions: the final crisis and the retreat from apartheid