• The Randlords by Geoffrey Wheatcroft, 1986 Atheneum hardcover - dust jacket front and spine
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The Randlords: The Exploits and Exploitations of South Africa's Mining Magnates

The Randlords: The Exploits and Exploitations of South Africa's Mining Magnates

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Book Notes: Dust jacket has light edge wear and small creases at the top edge and spine ends Jacket not price-clipped, $17.95 on the front flap Boards clean; cream cloth spine lightly toned Previous owner's name and date in ink on the front free endpaper, dated March 1986 Laid-in newspaper review clipping from 'Books of The Times' by John Gross, pencil-dated March 4 1986 Pencil arithmetic and a carat-to-gram note on the rear free endpaper

Author(s): Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Edition: First American Edition

Publication year: 1986

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Atheneum

Condition: Very Good
ISBN: 9780689117954

An account of the men who made fortunes from South Africa's diamond and gold discoveries from the late 1860s, among them Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Beit and Barney Barnato. Wheatcroft follows their feuds, financial alliances and dealings, and how the mining industry changed the country, and shows how labor practices, poll and hut taxes and the pass system laid foundations for apartheid. First American edition.

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