The cowboy capitalist : John Hays Hammond, the American West and the Jameson Raid / Charles van Onse...
The cowboy capitalist : John Hays Hammond, the American West and the Jameson Raid / Charles van Onse...
The cowboy capitalist : John Hays Hammond, the American West and the Jameson Raid / Charles van Onselen.
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Publisher
Johannesburg : Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2017.
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G 2018/5236
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 557 pages : maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction. Looking Up From the Last of History -- The Mother Lode. North Atlantic Revolutions and South African Realities: Plotting Urban Insurrection in an Agrarian Economy, September 1894 -- American Sway and Acquisitive Ways: Capitalist Culture and the Foundations of the Witwatersrand, c 1890-...
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Johannesburg : Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2017.
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"The Jameson Raid of 1895-1896 was a pivotal moment in the history of South Africa ... For over a century, the failed revolution has been interpreted through the lens of British imperialism, with responsibility laid at the feet of Cecil John Rhodes. ... [Charles van Onselen] identifies Californian mining engineer John Hays Hammond ... as the princi...
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The cowboy capitalist : John Hays Hammond, the American West and the Jameson Raid / Charles van Onselen.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 536-543) and index.
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G 2018/5236
Record Identifier
74VKV86jDGab
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV86jDGab
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ISBN
9781868427383 (hardback)
1868427382 (hardback)
DDC
968.20475092
MMS ID
991024187513402626
