The dynamics of inequality in a newly settled, pre-industrial society: The case of the Cape Colony

Cliometrica

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-267

  Fourie, Johan ^a   von Fintel, Dieter ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asset index; Dutch East India Company; Inequality; Institutions; Mercantilism; Settler societies; South Africa; Wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956010786     PISSN: 18632505     EISSN: 18632513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11698-009-0044-1     Document Type: Article

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