Bulls, Bears, Boers and Brits: Finance and the Coming of War in Southern Africa, 1894-1899

by Ian Phimister

In the 1890s financial speculation and market manipulation were prominent features of the Southern African gold mining industry. Extravagantly capitalised, starved of working capital, and poorly managed, many mines could not be made to pay. Investors suffered more at the hands of Randlords than they did than they did from those of the Boer Government in Pretoria.

By failing to take any of this into serious consideration, accounts that focus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004690786
• ISBN13: 9789004690783
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 200 Pages