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William H. Worger, South Africa's City of Diamonds: Mine Workers and Monopoly Capitalism in Kimberley, 1867–1895. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. 330 pp. - Robert V. Turrell, Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields, 1871–1890. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 297 pp.

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William H. Worger, South Africa's City of Diamonds: Mine Workers and Monopoly Capitalism in Kimberley, 1867–1895. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987. 330 pp.
Robert V. Turrell, Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields, 1871–1890. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 297 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

Jane Starfield
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International Labor and Working-Class History , Volume 36 , Fall 1989 , pp. 119 - 123
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