The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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European South Africa in 1865 , as we have seen , extended beyond the borders of Cape Colony , northward beyond the ... In the Orange Free State there were probably about 35,000 Europeans , already grazing possibly two million merino ...
European South Africa in 1865 , as we have seen , extended beyond the borders of Cape Colony , northward beyond the ... In the Orange Free State there were probably about 35,000 Europeans , already grazing possibly two million merino ...
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Wage - rates were high for the really skilled immigrant Europeans , and a strong incentive for collective ... skilled tasks from European to non - European labour working at the much lower rates of wages which employers offered them .
Wage - rates were high for the really skilled immigrant Europeans , and a strong incentive for collective ... skilled tasks from European to non - European labour working at the much lower rates of wages which employers offered them .
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The average wagerates of European men rose by 70 per cent . between 1910 and 1920 , and by 1922 fell again to about 40 per cent . above the 1910 level , thereafter remaining fairly steady . Allowing for changes in the cost of living ...
The average wagerates of European men rose by 70 per cent . between 1910 and 1920 , and by 1922 fell again to about 40 per cent . above the 1910 level , thereafter remaining fairly steady . Allowing for changes in the cost of living ...
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THE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
Rainfall II | 11 |
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