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Author:

Nkosi, Morley Z. (Morley Zebulon), author.

Title:

Black workers, white supervisors : the origins of the labor structure in South Africa / Morley Nkosi.

Publisher:

Africa World Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xvii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Miners--South Africa--History.
Mines and mineral resources--South Africa--History.--History.
Gold mines and mining--South Africa--History.--History.
Industrial relations--South Africa--History.
Working class--South Africa--History.
Blacks--History.--South Africa--History.
South Africa--History.--History.

Notes:

Previously published as: Mining deep (Claremont : David Philip, 2011). This edition is revised with a new foreword, introduction, and conclusion. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--New School for Social Research, New York, 1984, titled: Determinants of the labor structure on the Witwatersrand gold fields, 1902-10. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Conclusion. The Cape of cheap labor -- Copper extends the Cape Colony -- Diamonds set the foundations -- Gold entrenches inequality -- American consulting mining engineers -- Britain rationalises four colonies -- Mining capital and divided labor -- Consolidation of the labor structure -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

1569025126
9781569025123
1569025118
9781569025116

OCLC:

(OCoLC)971893163

LCCN:

2017002955

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)