El Dorado in West Africa
Gold-mining Frontier, African Labor and Colonial Capitalism in the Gold Coast, 1
Seiten
1999
James Currey (Verlag)
978-0-85255-769-3 (ISBN)
James Currey (Verlag)
978-0-85255-769-3 (ISBN)
- Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage - Artikel merken
Gold mining occupies a central place in the economic evolution of Ghana. This text examines the period of transition from traditional mining systems to mechanized, capitalized mining companies in the Akan area of the Gold Coast. Looking at the role of African as well as European mining entrepreneurs, female as well as male mining labour, this study encompasses issues of gender, ethnicity, business organization, pressure groups and exploitation. The authorseeks to reveal a new complexity in the economic and social history of mining in the late 19th century. In particular he concludes that it is in the individualization of land transfers to mining concessionaires, rather than in themobilization of a permanent unskilled wage labour force, that the greatest impact on economic and social change can be measured.
Geological structures and the location of gold in Ghana; traditional gold mining in the southwestern Akan region - African states, technology, political economy and gender; the Wassa "gold rush" of 1877-1885 - African and European promoters of mining capitalism; barriers to gold production in the 1880s - capitalization, technology, labour recruitment and transportation; the colonial government and the expanding miners frontier - pressures for mining district administration, health services and transport improvements; overcoming the odds - labour, technology, management and production at the bit three Wassa mining companies 1883-1897; retrospect and aftermath -mining frontiers, capitalism, labour and the colonial state.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.1.1999 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Western African Studies |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| Technik ► Bergbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-85255-769-8 / 0852557698 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-85255-769-3 / 9780852557693 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
