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Electricity, Industry and Class in South Africa

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  • © 1984

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Authors:
  1. Renfrew Christie
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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Electricity: The ‘Spirit of Progress’

    • Renfrew Christie
    Pages 1-4

  3. Gold, Workers and Electricity, 1905–14

    • Renfrew Christie
    Pages 5-26

  4. The Creation of a Monopoly: The Victoria Falls and Transvaal Power Company Limited, 1905–14

    • Renfrew Christie
    Pages 27-49

  5. War, Strikes and Mechanisation, 1914–23

    • Renfrew Christie
    Pages 50-74

  6. Coal, Railways and Escom, 1914–33

    • Renfrew Christie
    Pages 75-103

  7. Profits, War and Industrialisation, 1933–48

    • Renfrew Christie
    Pages 104-132

  8. Sabotage, Strikes and Nationalisation of the VFTPC, 1939–45

    • Renfrew Christie
    Pages 133-149

  9. Better than van der Bijl Dreamed: Escom, 1948–75

    • Renfrew Christie
    Pages 150-172

  10. Oil, Strikes and the Nuclear Industry: Vietnam to Soweto, 1971–6

    • Renfrew Christie
    Pages 173-203

  11. Conclusion

    • Renfrew Christie
    Pages 204-206

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 207-241
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Electricity, Industry and Class in South Africa

  • Authors: Renfrew Christie

  • Series Title: St Antony's Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07030-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Renfrew Christie 1984

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-07030-5Published: 18 June 1984

  • Series ISSN: 2633-5964

  • Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 241

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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