Nationalism, social capital and economic empowerment: SANLAM and the economic upliftment of the Afrikaner people, 1918-1960

Business History

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 695-713

  Verhoef, Grietjie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afrikaner elite; Economic empowerment; Life assurance; Nationalism; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; EMPOWERMENT; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; NATIONALISM; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 56049097926     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076790802420344     Document Type: Article

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