TY - BOOK ID - 2986935 TI - An economic history of South Africa PY - 2005 SN - 0521616417 0521850916 9780521850919 9780521616416 9781139165457 1139165453 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - South Africa KW - Afrique du Sud KW - Economic conditions KW - Economic policy KW - Conditions économiques KW - Politique économique KW - 338 <09> <680> KW - ZA / South Africa - Zuid Afrika - Afrique Du Sud KW - 331.100 KW - Economische geschiedenis--Zuid Afrika KW - Economische geschiedenis: algemeenheden. KW - Conditions économiques KW - Politique économique KW - Economische geschiedenis: algemeenheden KW - Economic conditions. KW - Economic policy. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2986935 AB - This book is the first economic history of South Africa in over sixty years. Professor Charles H. Feinstein offers an authoritative survey of five hundred years of South African economic history from the years preceding European settlements in 1652 through to the post-Apartheid era. He charts the early phase of slow growth, and then the transformation of the economy as a result of the discovery of diamonds and gold in the 1870s, followed by the rapid rise of industry in the wartime years. The final chapters cover the introduction of apartheid after 1948, and its consequences for economic performance. Special attention is given to the processes by which the black population were deprived of their land, and to the methods by which they were induced to supply labour for white farms, mines and factories. This book will be essential reading for students in economics, African history, imperial history and politics. ER -