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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12153543.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Company Towns: An Introduction -- Early Years: From Prospector to Company -- Prospecting and Mining: Diamond Discoveries in Namaqualand, 1925-1927 -- The Struggle for Kleinzee and the Coastal Farms -- The Founding of Cape Coast -- Kleinzee Mining Town, 1928-1956 -- The Manager and His Staff, 1928-1956 -- White Man as Contract Worker -- The Owambo Contract Worker, 1943-1949 -- The Coloured Namaqualand Worker -- Oppenheimer's New Empire -- The Modernization of Kleinzee -- The Paterson System -- Church, Ritual, and Home Ties -- The Racial and Social Determinants of Income -- Obligation and Loyalty in a "Closed" World -- Total Institutions or Incomplete Communities? -- An Epilogue: Tumbler Ridge, 1994 -- Dr. Hans Merensky and Alexander Bay -- Income Comparisons.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-249) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 257 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "In the company of diamonds.".
- catalog identifier "0821413775 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0821413783 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "In the company of diamonds.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Athens : Ohio University Press,".
- catalog relation "In the company of diamonds.".
- catalog spatial "South Africa Kleinzee".
- catalog subject "338.2/782/0968719 21".
- catalog subject "Blacks Employment South Africa Kleinzee History.".
- catalog subject "Capitalism South Africa Kleinzee History.".
- catalog subject "De Beers Consolidated Mines History.".
- catalog subject "Diamond industry and trade South Africa Kleinzee History.".
- catalog subject "Diamond miners South Africa Kleinzee History.".
- catalog subject "HD9677.S64 D423 2001".
- catalog subject "Industrial relations South Africa Kleinzee History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Company Towns: An Introduction -- Early Years: From Prospector to Company -- Prospecting and Mining: Diamond Discoveries in Namaqualand, 1925-1927 -- The Struggle for Kleinzee and the Coastal Farms -- The Founding of Cape Coast -- Kleinzee Mining Town, 1928-1956 -- The Manager and His Staff, 1928-1956 -- White Man as Contract Worker -- The Owambo Contract Worker, 1943-1949 -- The Coloured Namaqualand Worker -- Oppenheimer's New Empire -- The Modernization of Kleinzee -- The Paterson System -- Church, Ritual, and Home Ties -- The Racial and Social Determinants of Income -- Obligation and Loyalty in a "Closed" World -- Total Institutions or Incomplete Communities? -- An Epilogue: Tumbler Ridge, 1994 -- Dr. Hans Merensky and Alexander Bay -- Income Comparisons.".
- catalog title "In the company of diamonds : De Beers, Kleinzee, and the control of a town / Peter Carstens.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".