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Title: | The British South Africa Company: an essay on its commercial history |
Author: | Lander, R.P. |
Year: | 1992 |
Periodical: | Heritage of Zimbabwe (ISSN 0556-9605) |
Issue: | 11 |
Pages: | 1-40 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | ills., maps |
Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | trading companies mercantile history History, Archaeology British South Africa Company economic policy economic development history |
Abstract: | It is not possible to consider the history of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) without recognizing the importance of the charisma and qualities of Cecil John Rhodes, and the sense of importance of the expansion of the British Empire which he, the promoters of the Company, the British shareholders, and, to a lesser extent, the British government of the day displayed. This article describes the commercial history of the Company, which came into being on 29 October 1889. The promotion of trade and commerce was one of its objectives. This article takes into account political and constitutional issues insofar as progress as a commercial undertaking was concerned. It describes the Company's commercial history from 1889 to 1923, the year that Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) was granted Responsible Government, and from 1924 to 1965. Following the independence of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) on 24 October 1964, a new holding company, Charter Consolidated Limited, closely associated with Anglo American, came into being. App. |