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A Working Class in the Making: Belgian Colonial Labor Policy, Private Enterprise, and the African Mineworker, 1907-1951
A Working Class in the Making Belgian Colonial Labor Policy Private Enterprise and the African Mineworker 19071951
Author: John Higginson
For colonial administrators and the Belgian banks, the Belgian Congo was an immensely rich source of raw materials; diamonds, gold, manganese, oils, nuts, tobacco, peanuts, etc. One of the major forms of exploitation of the Congo was the effort to set up mining companies and to force Africans to work in the mines to extract these resources. Fo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780299120740
ISBN-10: 0299120740
Publication Date: 1/15/1990
Pages: 328
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Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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