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1 online resource (617 pages) |
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THE LIFE OF STATESMAN AND INDUSTRIALIST SIR JAMES SIVEWRIGHT OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1848-1916: Builder of Railways, Telegraphs, and Waterworks; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One: Early Life, Telegraphy, and the Anglo-Zulu War, 1848-1885; Chapter 1. Early Life and South African Telegraphs, 1848-78; Chapter 2. Telegraphy and the Origins of the Anglo-Zulu War, 1878-1879; Chapter 3. Sivewright and the Anglo-Zulu War, 1878-1879; Chapter 4. Trans-African and Ocean Telegraphy, 1877-1885 |
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Part Two: The Imperialist Afrikander, 1885-1894Chapter 5. Early Cape Politics and Entrepreneurship on the Witwatersrand 1885-1894; Chapter 6. Ministry of All the Talents: Political Union of the Cape Colony 1890-1892; Chapter 7. The Sivewright Agreement: Railway Imperialism Confronts Railway Republicanism 1891-1892; Chapter 8. Abroad: The Logan Contract, Delagoa Bay, and the South African Students Union 1892-1893; Chapter 9. In Country: The Logan Contract and the Fall of the Ministry of All the Talents 1893-1895; Chapter 10. Profits, Promises, and Glen Grey, 1893-1895 |
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Photographs and Vanity Fair Caricatures Following PageJames Sivewright and Cape Telegraph Staff, 1880; Kimberley African and European Telegraph Staff, 1883; Cetshwayo, circa 1880, and Lt. General Lord Chelmsford, 1878; Isandlwana, Burial Party, June 1879; The Rhodes Ministry, 1891; James Sivewright, ""The Cape Ambassador,"" 1892; Cecil John Rhodes, circa 1899; Paul Kruger (1881) and Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (circa 1902); The Sivewright Ambulance, 1900; South African Students Union, 1902-1903; James Sivewright in Formal Dress, circa 1901; Lady Eliza Jane Sivewright, circa 1890 |
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E. Schmidt, James Sivewright and F. Eckstein, July 1913Part Three: Laird of Lourensford, 1895-1898; Chapter 11. The Drifts Crisis and the Jameson Raid, 1894-1896; Chapter 12. The Imperialist Afrikander, the Cape, and the Transvaal, 1898; Part Four: Resident Proprietor of Tulliallan, 1899-1916; Chapter 13. South Africa from Great Britain, 1899-1916; Chapter 14. Sivewright's Redemptive Work in Ecuador, 1901-1908; Chapter 15. A Troubled Terminus, 1905-1916; Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix A: The Sivewright Agreement; Appendix B: The Logan Contract |
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Appendix C: British and US Currencies 1878-1916Appendix D: Vanity Fair Commentaries; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This work examines the imperial and republican consequences of the Industrial Revolution and global capitalism on South Africa through the eyes of Sir James Sivewright, advanced telegraphist, adept politician, and successful entrepreneur. This book contains thirteen black and white photographs and ten color photographs |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Sivewright, James, 1848-1916.
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Sivewright, James, 1848-1916 fast |
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Afrikaner Bond
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Afrikaner Bond fast |
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Industrialists -- South Africa -- Biography
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Businessmen -- South Africa -- Biography
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Politicians -- South Africa -- Biography
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Statesmen -- South Africa -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.
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Businessmen
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Industrialists
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Politicians
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Politics and government
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Statesmen
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History & Archaeology.
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Regions & Countries - Africa.
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South Africa -- History -- 1836-1909. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125478
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1836-1909. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125488
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South Africa
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773417137 |
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0773417133 |
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