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Book Diamond Fever

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marian Robertson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1974
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book Diamond Fever written by Marian Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Diamond Fever  South African Diamond History  1866 1869

Download or read book Diamond Fever South African Diamond History 1866 1869 written by Marian Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Blood  Sweat and Earth

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  • Author : Tijl Vanneste
  • Publisher : Reaktion Books
  • Release : 2021-09-16
  • ISBN : 1789144361
  • Pages : 433 pages

Download or read book Blood Sweat and Earth written by Tijl Vanneste and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of our enduring passion for diamonds—and the exploitative industry that fuels it. Blood, Sweat and Earth is a hard-hitting historical exposé of the diamond industry, focusing on the exploitation of workers and the environment, the monopolization of uncut diamonds, and how little this has changed over time. It describes the use of forced labor and political oppression by Indian sultans, Portuguese colonizers in Brazil, and Western industrialists in many parts of Africa—as well as the hoarding of diamonds to maintain high prices, from the English East India Company to De Beers. While recent discoveries of diamond deposits in Siberia, Canada, and Australia have brought an end to monopolization, the book shows that advances in the production of synthetic diamonds have not yet been able to eradicate the exploitation caused by the world’s unquenchable thirst for sparkle.

Book The Diamond Mines of South Africa

Download or read book The Diamond Mines of South Africa written by Gardner Fred Williams and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Book Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields  1871 1890

Download or read book Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields 1871 1890 written by Robert Vicat Turrell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-09-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on new documentary sources, this history of diamond mining in Kimberley is a major study of South Africa's mineral revolution and the formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines, one of the most successful African mining companies.

Book The Diamond Mines of South Africa  Volume 1   Primary Source Edition

Download or read book The Diamond Mines of South Africa Volume 1 Primary Source Edition written by Gardner Fred Williams and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Book The Diamond Mines of South Africa      Primary Source Edition

Download or read book The Diamond Mines of South Africa Primary Source Edition written by Gardner Fred Williams and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Diamond Mines Of South Africa; Volume 1 Of The Diamond Mines Of South Africa: Some Account Of Their Rise And Development; Gardner Fred Williams; The Diamond Mines Of South Africa; Gardner Fred Williams revised Gardner Fred Williams B.F. Buck, 1905 History; Africa; General; Diamond mines and mining; Diamond mines and mining Africa, South; Diamonds; History / Africa / General; Technology & Engineering / Mining

Book Stones of Contention

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  • Author : Todd Cleveland
  • Publisher : Ohio University Press
  • Release : 2014-05-26
  • ISBN : 0821444824
  • Pages : 113 pages

Download or read book Stones of Contention written by Todd Cleveland and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-26 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa supplies the majority of the world’s diamonds, yet consumers generally know little about the origins and history of these precious stones beyond sensationalized media accounts of so-called blood diamonds. Stones of Contention explores the major developments in the remarkable history of Africa’s diamonds, from the earliest stirrings of international interest in the continent’s mineral wealth in the first millennium A.D. to the present day. In the European colonial period, the discovery of diamonds in South Africa ushered in an era of unprecedented greed during which monopolistic enterprises exploited both the mineral resources and the indigenous workforce. In the aftermath of World War II, the governments of newly independent African states, both democratic and despotic, joined industry giant De Beers and other corporations to oversee and profit from mining activity on the continent. The book also considers the experiences of a wide array of Africans—from informal artisanal miners, company mineworkers, and indigenous authorities to armed rebels, mining executives, and premiers of mineral-rich states—and their relationships to the stones that have the power to bring both wealth and misery. With photos and maps, Stones of Contention illustrates the scope and complexity of the African diamond trade as well as its impact on individuals and societies.

Book Exodus To Africa

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  • Author : Adam YAMEY
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 1326302426
  • Pages : 261 pages

Download or read book Exodus To Africa written by Adam YAMEY and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a personal account rather than an academic history. It tells the tales of some of ... [the author's] numerous relatives in order to illustrate many aspects of Jewish migration from Europe to the South of Africa. Once they were settled in the country, Jews played a disproportionately large role in its development: everything from opening up trade and commerce to fighting apartheid."--Page 6.

Book The Diamond Mines of South Africa  Volume 2   Primary Source Edition

Download or read book The Diamond Mines of South Africa Volume 2 Primary Source Edition written by Gardner Fred Williams and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Diamond Mines Of South Africa, Volume 2; The Diamond Mines Of South Africa; Gardner Fred Williams Gardner Fred Williams B. F. Buck & company, 1905 History; Africa; General; Diamond mines and mining; History / Africa / General; History / General; Nature / Rocks & Minerals; Technology & Engineering / Mining

Book Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires  1660 1980

Download or read book Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires 1660 1980 written by Myles Osborne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 tells the stories of the intertwined lives of African and British peoples over more than three centuries. In seven chapters and an epilogue, Myles Osborne and Susan Kingsley Kent explore the characters that comprised the British presence in Africa: the slave traders and slaves, missionaries and explorers, imperialists and miners, farmers, settlers, lawyers, chiefs, prophets, intellectuals, politicians, and soldiers of all colors. The authors show that the oft-told narrative of a monolithic imperial power ruling inexorably over passive African victims no longer stands scrutiny; rather, at every turn, Africans and Britons interacted with one another in a complex set of relationships that involved as much cooperation and negotiation as resistance and force, whether during the era of the slave trade, the world wars, or the period of decolonization. The British presence provoked a wide range of responses, reactions, and transformations in various aspects of African life; but at the same time, the experience of empire in Africa – and its ultimate collapse – also compelled the British to view themselves and their empire in new ways. Written by an Africanist and a historian of imperial Britain and illustrated with maps and photographs, Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires, 1660-1980 provides a uniquely rich perspective for understanding both African and British history.

Book The British Empire  2 volumes

Download or read book The British Empire 2 volumes written by Mark Doyle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential starting point for anyone wanting to learn about life in the largest empire in history, this two-volume work encapsulates the imperial experience from the 16th–21st centuries. From early sixteenth-century explorations to the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, the British Empire controlled outposts on every continent, spreading its people and ideas across the globe and profiting mightily in the process. The present state of our world—from its increasing interconnectedness to its vast inequalities and from the successful democracies of North America to the troubled regimes of Africa and the Middle East—can be traced, in large part, to the way in which Great Britain expanded and controlled its empire. The British Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia addresses a broader range of topics than do most other surveys of the empire, covering not only major political and military developments but also topics that have only recently come to serious scholarly attention, such as women's and gender history, art and architecture, indigenous histories and perspectives, and the construction of colonial knowledge and ideologies. By going beyond the "headline" events of the British Empire, this captivating work communicates the British imperial experience in its totality.

Book Catalog of the United States Geological Survey Library

Download or read book Catalog of the United States Geological Survey Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Diamonds and Gold

Download or read book Diamonds and Gold written by Barbara Johannesson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of the Melville J  Herskovits Library of African Studies  Northwestern University Library  Evanston  Illinois  and Africana in Selected Libraries

Download or read book Catalog of the Melville J Herskovits Library of African Studies Northwestern University Library Evanston Illinois and Africana in Selected Libraries written by Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: