Mining and Financial Imperialism - The Central African Copper Bonanza, C. 18901970

Mining finance houses were substantial public corporations with access to money markets in the City of London, the world's leading capital market for mining. These institutions became dominant at the inception of colonial rule and, in varying forms, remained so throughout the twentieth century.

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 Mining, gentlemanly capitalism, and the business of imperialism 3 The geographies of mining finance 4 The anatomy of mining and the mine exploration business 5 6 The growth of the Central African Copperbelt 7 8 Conclusions: Natural resource governance, finance, and imperialism Index

About the author

Timo Särkkä is a Senior Researcher at the Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He teaches and publishes in the fields of imperial and global history.

Summary

Mining finance houses were substantial public corporations with access to money markets in the City of London, the world’s leading capital market for mining. These institutions became dominant at the inception of colonial rule and, in varying forms, remained so throughout the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Timo Sarkka, Timo Särkkä
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032161761
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3216176-1
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Africa / Central, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Colonialism & imperialism, Economic history, Management & management techniques, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, Management and management techniques, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, mining;Central Africa;Congo;Katanga;Copperbelt