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Article: An Economic History of South Africa: Conquest, Discrimination and Development
- Article from:
- The International Journal of African Historical Studies
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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An Economic History of South Africa: Conquest, Discrimination and Development By Charles H. Feinstein. Cambridge, U.K.: Cam-bridge University Press, 2005. Pp. xxiii, 302. $75.00 cloth, $32.99 paper.
Charles H. Feinstein's interest in economic history began in a class taught by Helen Suzman at the University of the Witswatersrand in 1950. He went on to teach economic history at Cambridge, York, and Oxford, and authored several highly influential studies of British economic history before his death in November 2004. He returned to teach at the University of Cape Town after 1994 and initially took up a study of South African economic history in preparation for giving the 2004 Ellen McArthur ...