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African Economies in Historical Perspective - William Beinart. The Political Economy of Pondoland, 1860–1930. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. xii + 220 pp. $39.50.) - Philip Bonner. Kings, Commoners and Concessionaires: The Evolution and Dissolution of the Nineteenth Century Swazi State. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. x + 316 pp. $49.50.) - Simon Cunningham. The Copper Industry in Zambia: Foreign Mining Companies in a Developing Country. (New York: Praeger, 1981. xxii + 343 pp. No price listed.) - Patrick Manning. Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640–1960. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. xviii + 446 pp. $49.95.) - Guy C.Z. Mhone. The Political Economy of a Dual Labor Market in Africa: The Copper Industry and Dependency in Zambia, 1929–1969. (East Brunswick, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1982. 254 pp. $25.00.) - Paul Mosley. The Settler Economies: Studies in the Economic History of Kenya and Southern Rhodesia, 1900–1963. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. xiv + 289 pp. $49.50.) - Jill Natrass. The South African Economy: Its Growth and Change. (Capetown: Oxford University Press, 1981. xx + 328 pp. $24.95.) - David Yudelman. The Emergence of Modern South Africa: State, Capital, and the Incorporation of Organized Labor on the South African Gold Fields. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983. xviii + 315 pp. $35.00.)
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