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Cape Colonial Blue Books

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Kind commission or official report
Producer Cape Colonial government
Coverage c.1840s-1914
Works using it 1

Debates

Debate Works
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Keegan (1986) Annual Cape Colonial Blue Books (magisterial reports) c. 1840s-1914 Cited as containing evidence of booms and slumps in land transactions, supporting the argument that land speculation was a form of primary enrichment.