Bulls, Bears, Boers and Brits

Finance and the Coming of War in Southern Africa, 1894-1899

AvIan Phimister

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

Del 44 i serien Afrika-Studiecentrum Series

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In the 1890s financial speculation and market manipulation were prominent features of the Southern African gold mining industry. Extravagantly capitalised, starved of working capital, and poorly managed, many mines could not be made to pay. Investors suffered more at the hands of Randlords than they did from those of the Boer Government in Pretoria.By failing to take any of this into serious consideration, accounts that focus on mining company complaints as the root cause of the Jameson Raid and the outbreak of war in 1899 are missing a key dimension of the past.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-01-23
Mått:155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:299 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Afrika-Studiecentrum Series
Antal sidor:190
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004690783

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Ian Phimister is Senior University Research Professor at the University of the Free State. He has published widely on patterns of British overseas investment, and on the history of Central Africa, including An Economic and Social History of Zimbabwe, 1890-1948 (Longman 1988).

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AcknowledgementsList of Figures and Tables1 Introduction2 Historiography3 Boom, 1894–18954 Bust, 1896–18995 ConclusionAppendix A. Witwatersrand Gold Production 1888–1893Appendix B. Witwatersrand Share Prices: 1889 Peak And 1890 SlumpAppendix C. Selected Rand And Rhodesian Share Prices, December 1894 – December 1895Appendix D. Witwatersrand Yields, Working Costs, And Dividends, 1887–1899Appendix E. Flotations: Southern African Mining, Land And Exploration Companies, 1895MiningLand and Finance CompaniesMiscellaneous CompaniesAppendix F. Control: Southern African Gold Mining Groups, 1896–1897BibliographyIndex