Mining Deep /
by Morley Nkosi.
- New York: David Philip, 2012.
- xvii, 331 p.: ill.; 23cm.
Previously published as: Mining deep (Claremont : David Philip, 2011). This edition is revised with a new foreword, introduction, and conclusion. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--New School for Social Research, New York, 1984, titled: Determinants of the labor structure on the Witwatersrand gold fields, 1902-10.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The Cape of cheap labor -- Copper extends the Cape Colony -- Diamonds set the foundations -- Gold entrenches inequality -- American consulting mining engineers -- Britain rationalises four colonies -- Black workers white supervisors : mining capital and divided labor -- Consolidation of the labor structure -- Conclusion.
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Miners--History.--South Africa Mines and mineral resources--Employees--History.--South Africa Gold mines and mining--Employees--History.--South Africa Industrial relations--History.--South Africa Working class--History.--South Africa Blacks--Employment--History.--South Africa