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Introduction

In: Chinese Mine Labour in the Transvaal

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  • Peter Richardson

    (University of Melbourne)

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This book is a detailed case study of a series of events in the international political economy of the early twentieth century. Although it has a clearly defined geographical focus in southern Africa and China, its approach is thematic in nature. It is essentially concerned with three major developments in the spread of international capitalism: the circulation of capital and labour power, and the mining and production of gold, the money commodity. In the period 1890–1914, gold served as a measure of value, a standard of prices and a world currency, by means of which a world-wide circulation of goods, capital and labour was achieved.

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  • Peter Richardson, 1982. "Introduction," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Chinese Mine Labour in the Transvaal, pages 1-7, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-04889-2_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-04889-2_1
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