Author: Union Steam Ship Company
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Emigrants' Guide to South Africa, Including Cape Colony, the Diamond Fields, Bechuanaland Transvaal, the Goldfields, Natal, the Orange Free State, and the Territories of the British South Africa Co. Containing a Mass of Useful and Valuable Information, with Map
Author: Union Steam Ship Company
Publisher:
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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South African Gold Fields Emigrant's Guide
Author:
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Includes information on Union Steam Ship Company's routes to South Africa.
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Includes information on Union Steam Ship Company's routes to South Africa.
A Brilliant Commodity
Author: Saskia Coenen Snyder
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197610471
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Following diamonds from African mines to the necklines of high society women, this international history shows why Jews were central to the transatlantic gem trade and its growth into a global industry. During the late nineteenth century, tens of thousands of diggers, prospectors, merchants, and dealers extracted and shipped over 50 million carats of diamonds from South Africa to London. The primary supplier to the world, South Africa's diamond fields became one of the formative sites of modern capitalist production. At each stage of the diamond's route through the British empire and beyond-from Cape Town to London, from Amsterdam to New York City-carbon gems were primarily mined, processed, appraised, and sold by Jews. In A Brilliant Commodity, historian Saskia Coenen Snyder traces how once-peripheral Jewish populations became the central architects of a new, global exchange of diamonds that connected African sites of supply, European manufacturing centers, American retailers, and western consumers. Centuries of restrictions had limited Jews to trade and finance, businesses that often heavily relied on internal networks. Jews were well-positioned to become key players in the earliest stage of the diamond trade and its growth into a global industry, a development fueled by technological advancements, a dramatic rise in the demand of luxury goods, and an abundance of rough stones. Relying on mercantile and familial ties across continents, Jews created a highly successful commodity chain that included buyers, brokers, cutters, factory owners, financiers, and retailers. Working within a diasporic ethnic community that bridged city and countryside, metropole and colony, Jews helped build a flourishing diamond industry, notably Hatton Garden in London and the Diamond District of New York City, and a place for themselves in the modern world.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197610471
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Following diamonds from African mines to the necklines of high society women, this international history shows why Jews were central to the transatlantic gem trade and its growth into a global industry. During the late nineteenth century, tens of thousands of diggers, prospectors, merchants, and dealers extracted and shipped over 50 million carats of diamonds from South Africa to London. The primary supplier to the world, South Africa's diamond fields became one of the formative sites of modern capitalist production. At each stage of the diamond's route through the British empire and beyond-from Cape Town to London, from Amsterdam to New York City-carbon gems were primarily mined, processed, appraised, and sold by Jews. In A Brilliant Commodity, historian Saskia Coenen Snyder traces how once-peripheral Jewish populations became the central architects of a new, global exchange of diamonds that connected African sites of supply, European manufacturing centers, American retailers, and western consumers. Centuries of restrictions had limited Jews to trade and finance, businesses that often heavily relied on internal networks. Jews were well-positioned to become key players in the earliest stage of the diamond trade and its growth into a global industry, a development fueled by technological advancements, a dramatic rise in the demand of luxury goods, and an abundance of rough stones. Relying on mercantile and familial ties across continents, Jews created a highly successful commodity chain that included buyers, brokers, cutters, factory owners, financiers, and retailers. Working within a diasporic ethnic community that bridged city and countryside, metropole and colony, Jews helped build a flourishing diamond industry, notably Hatton Garden in London and the Diamond District of New York City, and a place for themselves in the modern world.
Mendelssohn's South African Bibliography
Author: Sidney Mendelssohn
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
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The Town of Springs, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa
Author: Jean Campbell Miller
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Category : Springs
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
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Category : Springs
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
A South African Bibliography to the Year 1925
Author: Sidney Mendelssohn
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Pietersburg Magisterial District
Author: Elizabeth Davidson
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Category : Pietersburg (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
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Category : Pietersburg (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Through South Africa
Author: Henry Morton Stanley
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Apartheid
Author: Edgar H. Brookes
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000624412
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Originally published in 1968, this volume traces the history and growth of Apartheid in South Africa. The acts which enforced Apartheid – the Group Areas Act, Population and Registration Act are given in full. The book also includes documents which reflected reaction to these measures: Parliamentary debates, newspaper reports and policy statements by the leading political parties and religious denominations. The documents are headed by a full historical and analytical introduction.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000624412
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Originally published in 1968, this volume traces the history and growth of Apartheid in South Africa. The acts which enforced Apartheid – the Group Areas Act, Population and Registration Act are given in full. The book also includes documents which reflected reaction to these measures: Parliamentary debates, newspaper reports and policy statements by the leading political parties and religious denominations. The documents are headed by a full historical and analytical introduction.