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In the company of diamonds : De Beers, Kleinzee, and the control of a town

Title
In the company of diamonds : De Beers, Kleinzee, and the control of a town / Peter Carstens.
Author
Carstens, Peter.
Publication
Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2001.

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xvii, 257 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
  • "After the 1925 discovery of diamonds in the semidesert of the northwest coast of South Africa, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. virtually proclaimed its dominion over the whole region. In the town of Kleinzee, the company owns all the real estate and infrastructure and controls and administers both the town and the industry.".
  • "Peter Carstens's In the Company of Diamonds draws a stark and startling portrait of this closed community and analyzes the power and hegemonic process associated with that power."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • De Beers Consolidated Mines > History
  • Diamond industry and trade > Kleinzee > History
  • Diamond miners > Kleinzee > History
  • Black people > History. > Kleinzee
  • Industrial relations > Kleinzee > History
  • Capitalism > Kleinzee > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p.239-249) and index.
Contents
Company Towns: An Introduction -- Pt. 1. Early Years: From Prospector to Company. 1. Prospecting and Mining: Diamond Discoveries in Namaqualand, 1925-1927. 2. The Struggle for Kleinzee and the Coastal Farms. 3. The Founding of Cape Coast. 4. Kleinzee Mining Town, 1928-1956. 5. The Manager and His Staff, 1928-1956. 6. White Man as Contract Worker. 7. The Owambo Contract Worker, 1943-1949. 8. The Coloured Namaqualand Worker -- Pt. 2. Oppenheimer's New Empire. 9. The Modernization of Kleinzee. 10. The Paterson System. 11. Church, Ritual, and Home Ties. 12. The Racial and Social Determinants of Income. 13. Obligation and Loyalty in a "Closed" World. 14. Total Institutions or Incomplete Communities? An Epilogue: Tumbler Ridge, 1994 -- App. 1. Dr. Hans Merensky and Alexander Bay -- App. 2. Income Comparisons.
ISBN
  • 0821413775 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0821413783 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
00065765
OCLC
  • ocm45460856
  • SCSB-4150903
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Columbia University Libraries