Robert Vicat Turrell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3841889 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Vicat Turrell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert Vicat |
| FAMILY NAME | Turrell |
| SIGNATURE | TURRELL R V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Commonwealth Education Trust |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields 1871-1890
Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields 1871-1890
List of plates List of figures List of maps List of tables List of appendix tables Preface List of abbreviations 1. Diamond mining: an overview 2. African labour in the early days 3. The new colonial state, 1873-75 4. The Black Flag Revolt: an analysis 5. Company mining 6. The 'share mania' 7. The depression and strikes of 1883 and 1884 8. The closed compound system 9. Illicit diamond buying and the town economy 10. Amalgamation Appendix tables N…
Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields 1871-1890
This academic history of diamond mining in Kimberley is a major study of the beginning of South Africa's mineral revolution. It includes the first analysis of the formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines, one of the most successful companies ever to have been established in Africa. Based on documentary sources, notably in the Standard Bank Archive, the Rothschild Archive and the Philipson Stow Papers, it includes an interpretation of the Black Fl…
Conquest and Concession: The Case of the Burma Ruby Mines
A compelling vignette of the use of political influence for private gain in the expansion of the British empire is provided by the way King Thebaw' s legendary ruby mines in Upper Burma were acquired by British speculators in the late 1880s. The details of how the ruby-mine concession was awarded to a syndicate soon after Upper Burma was annexed to Britain in 1886 are not well known, although the concesion-mongering created a furore in the India …
The investment group: The missing link in British overseas expansion before 1914
The Rothschilds, the Exploration Company and Mining Finance
(1986). The Rothschilds, the Exploration Company and Mining Finance. Business History: Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 181-205
Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields 1871-1890
List of plates List of figures List of maps List of tables List of appendix tables Preface List of abbreviations 1. Diamond mining: an overview 2. African labour in the early days 3. The new colonial state, 1873-75 4. The Black Flag Revolt: an analysis 5. Company mining 6. The 'share mania' 7. The depression and strikes of 1883 and 1884 8. The closed compound system 9. Illicit diamond buying and the town economy 10. Amalgamation Appendix tables N…
The Rothschilds, the Exploration Company and Mining Finance
(1986). The Rothschilds, the Exploration Company and Mining Finance. Business History: Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 181-205
The investment group: The missing link in British overseas expansion before 1914
Conquest and Concession: The Case of the Burma Ruby Mines
A compelling vignette of the use of political influence for private gain in the expansion of the British empire is provided by the way King Thebaw' s legendary ruby mines in Upper Burma were acquired by British speculators in the late 1880s. The details of how the ruby-mine concession was awarded to a syndicate soon after Upper Burma was annexed to Britain in 1886 are not well known, although the concesion-mongering created a furore in the India …
The Rothschilds, the Exploration Company and Mining Finance
(1986). The Rothschilds, the Exploration Company and Mining Finance. Business History: Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 181-205
The investment group: The missing link in British overseas expansion before 1914
Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields 1871-1890
List of plates List of figures List of maps List of tables List of appendix tables Preface List of abbreviations 1. Diamond mining: an overview 2. African labour in the early days 3. The new colonial state, 1873-75 4. The Black Flag Revolt: an analysis 5. Company mining 6. The 'share mania' 7. The depression and strikes of 1883 and 1884 8. The closed compound system 9. Illicit diamond buying and the town economy 10. Amalgamation Appendix tables N…
Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields 1871-1890
This academic history of diamond mining in Kimberley is a major study of the beginning of South Africa's mineral revolution. It includes the first analysis of the formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines, one of the most successful companies ever to have been established in Africa. Based on documentary sources, notably in the Standard Bank Archive, the Rothschild Archive and the Philipson Stow Papers, it includes an interpretation of the Black Fl…
Conquest and Concession: The Case of the Burma Ruby Mines
A compelling vignette of the use of political influence for private gain in the expansion of the British empire is provided by the way King Thebaw' s legendary ruby mines in Upper Burma were acquired by British speculators in the late 1880s. The details of how the ruby-mine concession was awarded to a syndicate soon after Upper Burma was annexed to Britain in 1886 are not well known, although the concesion-mongering created a furore in the India …
Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields 1871-1890
Economics (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Diamond (3 works) · Materials Science (3 works) · Metallurgy (3 works) · South African History and Culture (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Australian History and Society (2 works) · Capital (architecture (2 works)