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James Cobbe. Governments and Mining Companies in Developing Countries. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1979. xii + 332 pp. Tables, bibliography, index. $20.00. - Ann and Neva Seidman. South Africa and U.S. Multinational Corporations. Westport, Conn., 1977; distributed by Whirlwind Book Co., New York, N. Y. xxii + 251 pp. Tables, figures, maps, notes, index. $10.00 hardcover; $4.95 paper. - Suzanne Cronjé, Margaret Ling, and Gillian Cronjé. The Lonrho Connections: A Multinational and Its Politics in Africa. Encino, Calif.: Bellwether Books, 1977. 316 pp. Appendices, notes, index. $15.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2016

Marcia M. Burdette
Marcia M. Burdette*
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Department of Political Science, Fordham University
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Africa, the MNCs, and International Politics
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ASA Review of Books , Volume 6 , 1980 , pp. 96 - 105
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1980

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Editors’ note: Reviews on this subject may also be found in “Africa in the World Order,” Review of Books, vol. 5/1979, pp. 110-119.

References

1. For some background on the exchange of information between Zambian and Chilean officials over negotiations with the mining companies, see Marcia M. Burdette, “The Dynamics of Nationalization Between Multinational Companies and Peripheral States: Negotiations Between AMAX, Inc., The Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, Ltd. and the Government of the Republic of Zambia” (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Political Science, Columbia University), chapter six.

2. Financial Post, April 19, 1980.

3. From interviews with corporate executives and officials of the Government of the Republic of Zambia, conducted in 1975-1976.

4. Ibid.

5. “Lonrho: The Knocking Book Takes a Knock,” New African Development (January 1977), pp. 24-25.

6. “Agriculture, Mining Less Prominent on Lonrho’s Balance Sheet,” New African Development (March 1977), p. 248.

7. “Lonrho Gambles with Liberation Movements,” New African Development (January 1978), p. 93.