In the Company of Diamonds: De Beers, Kleinzee, and the Control of a Town
, by Carstens, PeterNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780821413777 | 0821413775
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 6/1/2001
After the 1925 discovery of diamonds in the semidesert of the northwest coast of South Africa, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. virtually proclaimed its dominion over the whole region. In the town of Kleinzee, the company owns all the real estate and infrastructure and controls and administers both the town and the industry.