In the Company of Diamonds: de Beers, Kleinzee, and the Control of a Town by Peter Carstens

In the Company of Diamonds: de Beers, Kleinzee, and the Control of a Town

Peter Carstens

257 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business economics history informative reflective medium-paced
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After the 1925 discovery of diamonds in the semi-desert of the northwest coast of South Africa, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. virtually proclaimed its dominion over the whole region. In the town of Kleinzee, the company owns all the real estate...

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