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Our Precious Metal: African Labour in South Africa's Gold Industry, 1970-1990
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Indiana Univ Pr
Publication date May 1, 1992
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780253330925
ISBN-10 0253330920
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.75 by 9 in.
Weight 0.75 lbs.
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Original list price $29.95
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"[James] elegantly charts the ways in which the labor framework of apartheid’s central economic institution were re-shaped." —International Journal of African Historical Studies

"... carefully argued and perceptive... " —History

This sociological and historical study of African mine workers is the first major account in twenty years of labor in South Africa’s gold industry. In his lucid and original analysis, James traces the interlocking developments which have brought about a transformation of that industry and relates these to wider processes of change in contemporary South Africa.

"... a much-welcomed study... the book readily serves as a broader account of the processes by which African workers acquired power in the labor framework in the 1980's." —Choice



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With Willie Booker | from Indiana Univ Pr (May 1, 1992)
9780253330925 | details & prices | 5.75 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $29.95
This edition also contains Walking on Egg Shells
About: "[James] elegantly charts the ways in which the labor framework of apartheid’s central economic institution were re-shaped.
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Hardcover
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from Author Solutions (December 24, 2011)
9781468529524 | details & prices | 308 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $27.00
With Patricia Newforth, Arthur Cleveland Bent | from Indiana Univ Pr (December 1, 1996); titled "Life Histories of 50 Familiar North American Birds"
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With Wilmot Godfrey James | from Indiana Univ Pr (May 1, 1992); titled "Our Precious Metal: African Labour in South Africa's Gold Industry, 1970-1990"
9780253330925 | details & prices | 5.75 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $29.95
This edition also contains Our Precious Metal: African Labour in South Africa's Gold Industry, 1970-1990
About: "[James] elegantly charts the ways in which the labor framework of apartheid’s central economic institution were re-shaped.
Paperback
from Author Solutions (December 24, 2011)
9781468529531 | details & prices | 308 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $18.00

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