Bulls, Bears, Boers and Brits
Finance and the Coming of War in Southern Africa, 1894-1899
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2025
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-69078-3 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-69078-3 (ISBN)
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A new interpretation of Southern African gold mining history in the 1890s. Profits secured by production were dwarfed by sums won through financial speculation and market manipulation.
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 on mining company complaints as the root cause of the Jameson Raid and the outbreak of war in 1899 are missing a key dimension of the past.
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 on mining company complaints as the root cause of the Jameson Raid and the outbreak of war in 1899 are missing a key dimension of the past.
Ian Phimister is Senior University Research Professor at the University of the Free State. He has published widely on patterns of British overseas investment, and on the history of Central Africa, including An Economic and Social History of Zimbabwe, 1890-1948 (Longman 1988).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.2.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Afrika-Studiecentrum Series ; 44 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Technik ► Bergbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-69078-6 / 9004690786 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-69078-3 / 9789004690783 |
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