South Africa's City of Diamonds: Mine Workers and Monopoly Capitalism in Kimberley, 1867-1895 By William H. Worger

South Africa's City of Diamonds: Mine Workers and Monopoly Capitalism in Kimberley, 1867-1895 By William H. Worger

Hardcover

ISBN 0868521264

Publisher: AD. Donker Ltd 1987

Used – Near Fine. This book is in mint condition. The Dust Jacket has some very limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.

This book by William H. Worger examines the history of Kimberly and the mining industry from the discovery of diamonds and the rush by thousands of prospectors in the late 1860's to the construction of a monopoly enterprise by Cecil Rhodes and De Beers Consolidated mines in the 1880's and 1890's.