Peter Wickins
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 180621 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Peter Wickins |
| NOMBRES | Peter |
| APELLIDO | Wickins |
| FIRMA | WICKINS P |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Cape Town |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1974 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1988 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Africa 1880-1980
The economic history of 20th-century Africa has often been attributed to either the legacy of imperialism and exploitation by powerful and unscrupulous foreign business, or to hasty decolonization and ill-conceived socialism. This timely work looks well beyond these explanations to provide a balanced, in-depth investigation of Africa's economic fortunes following the partition of Africa one century ago. Neither an indictment of nor an apology for…
State and private enterprise in the development of the cape wool-growing industry
The economic role of the state is not always a subject of dispassionate debate. Only anarchists believe that the state is wholly contemptible, odious and worthless; only Marxists purport to believe that one day it will wither away. Most of us suppose that it will always be with us and that it serves (or rather is defensible only if it serves) the interests of most people most of the time. There are, however, sharp differences of opinion upon what…
An Economic History of Africa from the Earliest Times to the Partition
The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa
The present study has three aims. Firstly it endeavours to give a detailed, though not exhaustive, history of the I.C.U. in broadly chronological sequence, to show how it was organised and to record what its leaders were doing, saying and thinking at any given time. Quotations are introduced rather freely in the belief that they transmit thoughts and feelings more perfectly and more vividly and often more succinctly than do paraphrases. Some of t…
The One Big Union Movement among Black Workers in South Africa
Students of the black labor movement in South Africa have long been familiar with the history of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa, best known as the ICU, which was first told at length by the late E. R. Roux in his Time Longer Than Rope: A History of the Black Man's Struggle for Freedom. In 1967 S. W. Johns III furnished a considerable amount of additional information about the foundation of this union,' in particular its pa…
The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa
The present study has three aims. Firstly it endeavours to give a detailed, though not exhaustive, history of the I.C.U. in broadly chronological sequence, to show how it was organised and to record what its leaders were doing, saying and thinking at any given time. Quotations are introduced rather freely in the belief that they transmit thoughts and feelings more perfectly and more vividly and often more succinctly than do paraphrases. Some of t…
The One Big Union Movement among Black Workers in South Africa
Students of the black labor movement in South Africa have long been familiar with the history of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa, best known as the ICU, which was first told at length by the late E. R. Roux in his Time Longer Than Rope: A History of the Black Man's Struggle for Freedom. In 1967 S. W. Johns III furnished a considerable amount of additional information about the foundation of this union,' in particular its pa…
The One Big Union Movement among Black Workers in South Africa
Students of the black labor movement in South Africa have long been familiar with the history of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa, best known as the ICU, which was first told at length by the late E. R. Roux in his Time Longer Than Rope: A History of the Black Man's Struggle for Freedom. In 1967 S. W. Johns III furnished a considerable amount of additional information about the foundation of this union,' in particular its pa…
The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa
The present study has three aims. Firstly it endeavours to give a detailed, though not exhaustive, history of the I.C.U. in broadly chronological sequence, to show how it was organised and to record what its leaders were doing, saying and thinking at any given time. Quotations are introduced rather freely in the belief that they transmit thoughts and feelings more perfectly and more vividly and often more succinctly than do paraphrases. Some of t…
An Economic History of Africa from the Earliest Times to the Partition
State and private enterprise in the development of the cape wool-growing industry
The economic role of the state is not always a subject of dispassionate debate. Only anarchists believe that the state is wholly contemptible, odious and worthless; only Marxists purport to believe that one day it will wither away. Most of us suppose that it will always be with us and that it serves (or rather is defensible only if it serves) the interests of most people most of the time. There are, however, sharp differences of opinion upon what…
Africa 1880-1980
The economic history of 20th-century Africa has often been attributed to either the legacy of imperialism and exploitation by powerful and unscrupulous foreign business, or to hasty decolonization and ill-conceived socialism. This timely work looks well beyond these explanations to provide a balanced, in-depth investigation of Africa's economic fortunes following the partition of Africa one century ago. Neither an indictment of nor an apology for…
Political science (4 obras) · Geography (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · African history and culture studies (2 obras) · History (2 obras) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 obras) · Art (1 obras) · Backwardness (1 obras) · Business (1 obras) · Capital (architecture (1 obras)