Chapter 1: Militant beginnings. The birth of a miners' union in the era of industrial strife, 1902-1929 -- Introduction … -- The founding of the Transvaal Miners' Association -- The Afrikanerisation of the union -- The miners' strike of 1907 … -- The miners' strike of 1913 -- The general strike of 1914 -- The volcano erupts. The Rand revolt of 1922 and its aftermath …

integrating the history of technical expertise into the history of the transnational mining industry, this close look at …"'Capital mediators' argues that mining engineers were the critical intermediaries responsible for integrating the … transnational hard-rock mining districts of North America into the economic system of the United States. Working as labor managers …