The golden contradiction: a Marxist theory of gold : with particular reference to South Africa
This treatise offers: a contribution towards a theory of gold; a reassessment of the transformations that took place in the political and political economy of gold in the late 19th century; and an alternative explanation of oppressive labour conditions in the South African gold mines.
VIII, 276 Seiten : Illustrationen.
9781859723531, 1859723535
247268894
Part 1 Towards a theory of gold: gold as money; the money-commodity and the value of labour power; gold as capital. Part 2 Gold production, capital and the value revolution of the 19th century: the changeover from placers to lodes; universal industrialization and social capital. Part 3 The value of labour-power in early South African gold production: competition in early Witwatersrand goldmining; the black goldminers and the "fixed gold price".