The golden fleece of the Cape
Subtitle: capitalist expansion and labour relations in the periphery of transnational wool production c. 1860-1950
By: Fredrik Lilja
Series: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia historica Upsaliensia -- 247; Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis -- 247.
Publisher: Uppsala Universitet
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Uppsala, Sweden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9789155485887
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Wool industry; History; Sheep farming
Notes: University publication.

Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala Universitet, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-223).
Table of contents: title: 1. Cape wool in the world-economy; title: 2.  The establishment of Cape wool farming: core-periphery relations, imperialism and accumulation of capital; title: 3. Wool farming and labour: an overview; title: 4. Wool farming: the 1860 and 1870s; title: 5. Labour relations; title: 6. Imperial relations, 1880-1910; title: 7. Perspectives on the rural class struggle; title: 8. Capital accumulation, legislation and new organization of production; title: 9. State interference and support to farmers; title: 10. Droughts, depression and wages; title: 11. Generation, gender and transformation of labour relations; title: 12. Capitalist expansion and labour relations in Cape wool farming.