El Dorado in West Africa : the gold-mining frontier, African labor, and colonial capitalism in the Gold Coast, 1875-1900 /

"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 textured with unexpected ironies and parad...

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Main Author: Dumett, Raymond E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : Oxford : Ohio University Press ; J. Currey, ©1998.
Series:Western African studies.
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Online Access:CONNECT