Blood and diamonds : Germany's imperial ambitions in Africa / Steven Press

Author: Press, Steven
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Rulers -- Riches -- Rush -- Conflict -- Markets -- Labor -- Stocks -- Underworld -- Politics -- Takeover -- Guns.

Summary

"The history of mass-market diamonds goes back to German imperialism in Southwest Africa. Corporate power and state violence combined in the genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples, whose mineral-rich land supplied budding consumer demand in the United States. Steven Press makes clear that mass luxury has always come at a huge price"--

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