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El Dorado in West Africa Book

El Dorado in West Africa
El Dorado in West Africa, El Dorado in West Africa explores the first modern gold rush of Ghana in all its dimensions - land, labor, capital, traditional African mining, technology, transport, management, the clash of cultures, and colonial rule. The rich tapestry of events is tex, El Dorado in West Africa has a rating of 2.5 stars
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  • El Dorado in West Africa
  • Written by author Raymond E. Dumett
  • Published by Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press ; c1998., 1998/08/01
  • El Dorado in West Africa explores the first modern gold rush of Ghana in all its dimensions - land, labor, capital, traditional African mining, technology, transport, management, the clash of cultures, and colonial rule. The rich tapestry of events is tex
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1 Introduction 1
2 Geological Structures and the Location of Gold in Ghana 28
3 Traditional Gold Mining in the Southwestern Akan Region: African States, Technology, Political Economy, and Gender 41
4 The Wassa "Gold Rush" of 1877-1885: African and European Promoters of Mining Capitalism 84
5 Barriers to Gold Production in the 1880s: Capitalization, Technology, Labor Recruitment, and Transportation 129
6 The Colonial Government and the Expanding Miners' Frontier: Pressures for Mining District Administration, Health Services, and Transport Improvements 163
7 Overcoming the Odds: Labor, Technology, Management, and Production at the Big Three Wassa Mining Companies, 1883-1897 204
8 Retrospect and Aftermath: Mining Frontiers, Capitalism, Labor, and the Colonial State 261
Glossary of TWI Terms 295
Glossary of Mining Terms 300
Notes 305
Bibliography 370


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