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Mediators, contract men, and colonial capital : mechanized gold mining in the Gold Coast Colony, 1879-1909 /

An innovative study of labor relations, particularly the interactions of recruitment agents and migrant workers, in the mining concessions of Wassa, Gold Coast Colony, 1879 to 1909.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mark-Thiesen, Cassandra (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2018.
Colección:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 77.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prospectors, politicians, and the question of "progress": the first and second gold booms in Wassa
  • Labor recruitment in the nineteenth century: the place of practicality
  • Disrupted recruitment at the turn of the twentieth century: women, whites, and other labor agents
  • Government strategies for assisting the mines
  • Labor agents, chiefs and officials, 1905-1909: the incorporation of the northern territories' labor reserve.