In the company of diamonds
Subtitle: De Beers, Kleinzee, and the control of a town
By: Peter Carstens.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Athens, OH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: De Beers Consolidated Mines -- History; Diamond industry and trade -- South Africa -- Kleinzee -- History; Diamond miners -- South Africa -- Kleinzee -- History; Blacks -- Employment -- South Africa -- Kleinzee -- History; Industrial relations -- South Africa -- Kleinzee -- History; Capitalism -- South Africa -- Kleinzee -- History
Description: "After the 1925 discovery of diamonds in the semidesert 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 and infrastructure and controls and administers both the town and the industry.".

"Peter Carstens's In the Company of Diamonds draws a stark and startling portrait of this closed community and analyzes the power and hegemonic process associated with that power."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.239-249) and index.