Author: Charles Du Val
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
With a Show Through Southern Africa and Personal Reminiscences of the Transvaal War
Author: Charles Du Val
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
With a Show Through Southern Africa
Author: Charles Du Val
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The Times History of the War in South Africa
Author: Leopold Stennett Amery
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Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books in the Senior Section
Author: Johannesburg (South Africa). Public Library
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Category : Biblioteekkatalogi
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biblioteekkatalogi
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin of Books Added to the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Catalogue of an Extensive Collection of Books ... Relating to Africa and African Islands [for Sale By] Francis Edwards
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Edwards's Military Catalogue
Author: Francis Edwards (Firm)
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ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Sotheran's Price Current of Literature
Author: Henry Sotheran Ltd
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
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.