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This book is the first economic history of South Africa in over sixty years. Professor Charles H. Feinstein offers an authoritative survey of five hundred years of South African economic history from the years preceding European settlements in 1652 through to the post-Apartheid era. He charts the early phase of slow growth, and then the transformation of the economy as a result of the discovery of diamonds and gold in the 1870s, followed by the rapid rise of industry in the wartime years. The final chapters cover the introduction of apartheid after 1948, and its consequences for economic performance. Special attention is given to the processes by which the black population were deprived of their land, and to the methods by which they were induced to supply labour for white farms, mines and factories. This book will be essential reading for students in economics, African history, imperial history and politics.

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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Economics

• Full title: Economic History of South Africa
• Subtitle: Conquest, Discrimination, and Development
• Author: Charles H. Feinstein
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• EAN: 9780521616416
• ISBN: 0521616417
• ID: 02037546
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 494 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 150 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. June 2005

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