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Standard Bank Reports on Economic Conditions in Southern Africa, 1865-1902

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Kind company records or reports
Producer Standard Bank (ed. Mabin and Conradie)
Coverage 1865-1902
Works using it 2

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Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Bond (1998) Mabin and Conradie (eds), The Confidence of the Whole Country: Standard Bank Reports on Economic Conditions in Southern Africa, 1865-1902 (1987) 1865-1902 Source for the 1895 bank branch counts by bank.
Iliffe (1999) Standard Bank reports on economic conditions in southern Africa, 1865-1902 1865-1902 Highlights the business cycles that periodically devastated Western Cape agriculture.