Mining and Financial Imperialism
Mining finance houses were substantial public corporations with access to money markets in the City of London, the world’s leading capital market for mining. These institutions became dominant at the inception of colonial rule and, in varying forms, remained so throughout the twentieth century. Draw...
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| description | Mining finance houses were substantial public corporations with access to money markets in the City of London, the world’s leading capital market for mining. These institutions became dominant at the inception of colonial rule and, in varying forms, remained so throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on a rich corpus of primary sources, this book analyses the Western colonial origins of the mining industry and its post-colonial legacies in the Central African Copperbelt. It provides insights into the operations of the global business of mining: in particular, how these processes took place, why they were considered desirable by various interest groups, and the impact that these processes continue to have on physical and human environments in parts of the world where they took place. It also turns its gaze to the City of London looking at who the financiers were and the nature of the power which they wielded. A long-term perspective on mining finance reveals that thus far the colonial governments have been the main focus in the history of imperialism in Central Africa, with little focus in many instances on the mining finance houses which have outlived them. The book is a significant contribution to the economic, financial and business history of mining and extractive industries, Central Africa, the City of London and early forms of financial capitalism. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1498292025-07-21T15:45:22Z Mining and Financial Imperialism Särkkä, Timo mining Central Africa Congo Katanga Copperbelt thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history Mining finance houses were substantial public corporations with access to money markets in the City of London, the world’s leading capital market for mining. These institutions became dominant at the inception of colonial rule and, in varying forms, remained so throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on a rich corpus of primary sources, this book analyses the Western colonial origins of the mining industry and its post-colonial legacies in the Central African Copperbelt. It provides insights into the operations of the global business of mining: in particular, how these processes took place, why they were considered desirable by various interest groups, and the impact that these processes continue to have on physical and human environments in parts of the world where they took place. It also turns its gaze to the City of London looking at who the financiers were and the nature of the power which they wielded. A long-term perspective on mining finance reveals that thus far the colonial governments have been the main focus in the history of imperialism in Central Africa, with little focus in many instances on the mining finance houses which have outlived them. The book is a significant contribution to the economic, financial and business history of mining and extractive industries, Central Africa, the City of London and early forms of financial capitalism. 2025-01-16T06:29:36Z 2025-01-16T06:29:36Z 2024-12-19T11:03:19Z 2025 book ONIX_20241219_9781040270677_9 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96008 9781040270677 9781003247371 9781032161761 9781040270721 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/149829 eng Routledge Explorations in Economic History open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96008/1/9781040270677.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96008/1/9781040270677.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003247371 10.4324/9781003247371 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 7b78f96d-ecb0-4d65-a08b-d47696c9e54c 9781040270677 9781003247371 9781032161761 9781040270721 Routledge 288 Oxford [...] open access |
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| title | Mining and Financial Imperialism |
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