Mining, engineers and risk management: British overseas investment, 1894–1914

South African Historical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-26

  Phimister, Ian ^a,b   Mouat, Jeremy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33748328482     PISSN: 02582473     EISSN: 17261686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02582470308671445     Document Type: Article

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