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From head-loading to the iron horse : railway building in colonial Ghana and the origins of tropical development /
International development has its origins in the histories of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European colonisation. What happens when a leading colonial power decides to transform a model tropical colony, relying on head-loading of goods as the predominant form of transport, into a modern m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bamenda, Cameroon : [Oxford] :
Langaa Research & Publishing cig ; Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | International development has its origins in the histories of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European colonisation. What happens when a leading colonial power decides to transform a model tropical colony, relying on head-loading of goods as the predominant form of transport, into a modern market economy on the back of the greatest British industrial ingenuity of the time - railways? In this book, the author brings to light the historical origins of a wide range of issues confronting present-day international development researchers and policy-makers, such as technology transfer, wealth creation versus equity of access, and ways to evaluate the benefits of development work, especially across cultures. In the context of the early twenty-first-century international investment interests in resource-rich Africa, the author argues, forensic historical research is required to determine the precise nature and scale of the financial and humanitarian injustices committed by British colonialists during the construction of major public works projects. More than providing opportunities to take possible legal actions for reparations, this research should also serve as a reminder to African policy-makers and their international and local business partners that the injustices and blatant abuses of power of the past should never be repeated. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238). |
| ISBN: | 9789956728701 9956728705 9789956728466 9956728462 |