From head-loading to the iron horse : railway building in colonial Ghana and the origins of tropical development /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tsey, Komla
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bamenda, Cameroon : [Oxford] : Langaa Research & Publishing cig ; Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective, [2013]
Temas:
Railroads > Ghana > History.
Economic development > Ghana > History.
Chemins de fer > Ghāna > Histoire.
Développement économique > Ghāna > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > Pictorial.
Economic development
Railroads
Ghana > History.
Ghāna > Histoire.
Ghana
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Slow Beginning, 1879-1895
  • The Development of the Western Line, 1895-1912
  • The Eastern Line and the Development of Lighterage Ports, 1904-1918
  • Post-War Expansion : The Ten-Year Development Plan (1920-1930)
  • The Recruitment of Construction Workers and Colonial Labour Policy
  • The Acquisition of Railway and Harbour Land and Colonial Land Policy
  • Railway investment and Colonial Financial Policy
  • The Management System, Personnel and Labour Relations
  • Operational Problems and Issues
  • The Economic and Social Impact of the Railways
  • Railways : Commerce and Crafts, Urbanisation and Public Health
  • Railways and Economic Development : The Gold Coast Experience in the Global Context.

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