Lonhro. Portrait of a multinational
Details:
- Author(s) Cronje, Suzanne, Margaret Ling & Gillian Cronje
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1976
- Pages 316pp
- Publisher Julian Friedmann
- Place Published London
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- Name Multinational cos exc free standing & general trading cos
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
An account by investigative journalists. Analyses the growth of Lonrho in the 1960s as it was transformed from a Rhodesian mining and ranching business to a pan African multinational based in London. In particular explores the business under the controversial management of Tiny Rowland; within the context of African development and politics; and against the description of it as the 'unacceptable face of capitalism'. Chapters include: 'The Colossus of Cheapside House'; 'Black African allies'; 'Gold and diamonds'; 'The white homelands'; 'City trouble'; 'The public daylight'; 'The unacceptable face'; 'An embarrassment of riches'; 'The Sudanese springboard'; 'The commanding heights'; 'Strategic designs'