Nkosi, Morley Z.

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


South Africa--Race relations--History.

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