An Economic History of South Africa: Conquest, Discrimination, and Development

by Charles H. Feinstein

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521616417
• ISBN13: 9780521616416
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"