Economic and Social History of Zimbabwe, 1890-1948 - Capital Accumulation and Class Struggle (Hardcover)

This is the first general economic history of Zimbabwe. It examines the main external and internal forces which shaped the economic history of the country during the first 60 years of colonial rule. Ian Phimister traces the process of capital accumulation from its merchant and speculative origins towards the end of the 19th century through to the development of a comparatively sophisticated industrial sector by the start of the 1950s.;It covers a period of great importance in the history of both Southern Africa and Britain as a colonial power. As such this book should be essential reading for all serious students and teachers of African economic history and the political history of Southern Africa.