Extraordinary Harry Oppenheimer, a legacy of power and politics
Explore the captivating biography of Harry Oppenheimer, an influential South African mining magnate defined by power and politics.
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Explore the captivating biography of Harry Oppenheimer, an influential South African mining magnate defined by power and politics.
Regarding himself heir to Cecil Rhodes, Oppenheimer deplored the threat to civilisation represented by ‘primitive tribesmen’.
In Harry Oppenheimer: Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty, his outstanding biography of the South African mining magnate who died in 2000, Michael Cardo shows that there is still mileage to be made in the study of dead white males who played a role in the making of South Africa
PUBLICATION: Harry Oppenheimer: Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty by Michael Cardo (Jonathan Ball) As a mining manager, sponsor, benefactor
As a mining boss, financier, philanthropist and public figure, Harry Oppenheimer straddles the history of 20th-century South Africa.