An edition of In the company of diamonds (2001)
In the company of diamonds
De Beers, Kleinzee, and the control of a town
By Peter Carstens
Publish Date
2001
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Language
eng
Pages
257
Description:
"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.
subjects: Blacks, Capitalism, De Beers Consolidated Mines, Diamond industry and trade, Diamond miners, Employment, History, Industrial relations, Diamond mines and mining, Mines and mineral resources, south africa, Blacks, employment, Blacks, south africa, Industrial relations, africa, Industries, south africa, Miners, Black people
Places: Kleinzee, South Africa