wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Mining Tycoons in the Age of Empire, 1870-1945: Entrepreneurship, High Finance, Politics and Territorial Expansion
ISBN: 9781138275379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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259,30 zł |
Mining Tycoons in the Age of Empire, 1870-1945: Entrepreneurship, High Finance, Politics and Territorial Expansion
ISBN: 9780754663034 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The years of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, aptly described by Mark Twain as the 'Gilded Age' witnessed an unprecedented level of technological change, material excess, untrammled pursuit of profit and imperial expansion. Within this dynamic and often ruthless environment many colorful characters strode across the world stage, among them the great mining tycoons, who with the thousands of prospectors, diggers, shift bosses, timbermen, 'blastmen' and 'muckers' in mining enterprise constituted one of the major spearheads of global capitalistic expansion and colonial...
The years of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, aptly described by Mark Twain as the 'Gilded Age' witnessed an unprecedented level of ...
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752,12 zł |
Gentlemanly Capitalism and British Imperialism: The New Debate on Empire
ISBN: 9780582327825 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume reviews recent scholarship in the field of the theory of "gentlemanly capitalism" - the complex of economic, social and political power centering on the City of London - which historians have developed to explain Britain's imperial expansion.
This volume reviews recent scholarship in the field of the theory of "gentlemanly capitalism" - the complex of economic, social and political power ce...
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248,92 zł |
El Dorado in West Africa: The Gold Mining Frontier, African Labor, and Colonial Capitalism
ISBN: 9780821411988 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed some of the greatest gold mining migrations in history when dreams of bonanza lured thousands of prospectors and diggers to the far corners of the earth including the Gold Coast of West Africa.
"El Dorado in West Africa" explores the first modern gold rush of Ghana in all of its dimensions land, labor, capital, traditional African mining, technology, transport, management, the clash of cultures, and colonial rule. The rich tapestry of events is crisscrossed by unexpected ironies and paradoxes. Professor Dumett tells the story of the... The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed some of the greatest gold mining migrations in history when dreams of bonanza lured thousands of p...
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152,83 zł |
Gentlemanly Capitalism and British Imperialism: The New Debate on Empire
ISBN: 9781138155916 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The publication by Longman of P J Cain and A.G. Hopkins two-volume study of "British Imperialism" (1688-1914; 1914-1994) caused a sensation amongst historians of European imperialism and economic international history. The theory of gentlemanly capitalism' - the complex of economic, social and political power centring on the City of London - which they developed to explain Britain's imperial expansion has since been expanded, both in its original theory and its implications. Here now is a purpose-built volume prepared in collaboration with the original authors which reviews the latest state...
The publication by Longman of P J Cain and A.G. Hopkins two-volume study of "British Imperialism" (1688-1914; 1914-1994) caused a sensation amongst hi...
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700,25 zł |
El Dorado in West Africa: The Gold Mining Frontier, African Labor, and Colonial Capitalism
ISBN: 9780821411971 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed some of the greatest gold mining migrations in history when dreams of bonanza lured thousands of prospectors and diggers to the far corners of the earth including the Gold Coast of West Africa.
"El Dorado in West Africa" explores the first modern gold rush of Ghana in all of its dimensions land, labor, capital, traditional African mining, technology, transport, management, the clash of cultures, and colonial rule. The rich tapestry of events is crisscrossed by unexpected ironies and paradoxes. Professor Dumett tells the story of the... The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed some of the greatest gold mining migrations in history when dreams of bonanza lured thousands of p...
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373,46 zł |
El Dorado in West Africa: Gold-Mining Frontier, African Labor and Colonial Capitalism in the Gold Coast, 1
ISBN: 9780852557686 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Gold mining occupies a central place in the economic evolution of Ghana. This text examines the period of transition from traditional mining systems to mechanized, capitalized mining companies in the Akan area of the Gold Coast. Looking at the role of African as well as European mining entrepreneurs, female as well as male mining labor, this study encompasses issues of gender, ethnicity, business organization, pressure groups and exploitation. The author seeks to reveal a new complexity in the economic and social history of mining in the late 19th century. In particular he concludes that it...
Gold mining occupies a central place in the economic evolution of Ghana. This text examines the period of transition from traditional mining systems t...
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134,81 zł |