Open AccessCHANGES AND EXPECTATIONS: THE WHITE UNION DEFENCE FORCE SOLDIER PRIOR TO AND DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Author(s) -
Francois Oosthuizen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scientia militaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9682
pISSN - 2224-0020
DOI - 10.5787/23-3-300
Subject(s) - agriculture , world war ii , white (mutation) , soviet union , world economy , first world war , economy , economics , political science , development economics , geography , history , law , ancient history , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , politics , gene
At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the South African economy had experienced a transition from a predominantly mining and agricultural economy to a more diversified one. The changing structure of the economy is reflected in the relative decline in the contribution of agriculture and mining to the National Income, and the increase in manufacturing (15,4% in 1930 to 17,7%in 1939).