A Dam for Africa : Akosombo Stories from Ghana /

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"Since its construction in the early 1960s, the hydroelectric Akosombo Dam across the Volta River has become one of the most controversial sites in Ghana. Drawing upon a wealth of sources, A Dam for Africa tells in detail for the first time the story of this dam that has so profoundly helped an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Miescher, Stephan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Volta River Project (Ghana)
Volta River Project (Ghana) > History.
Water resources development.
Electric power production.
Dams.
HISTORY / Africa / West
Électricite > Production > Ghāna.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Ghāna > Volta, Vallee de la.
Barrages > Ghāna > Volta, Vallee de la.
Electric power production > Ghana.
Water resources development > Ghana > Volta River Valley.
Dams > Ghana > Volta River Valley.
Ghana > Volta River Valley.
Ghana > Akosombo Dam.
Ghana.
Akosombo Dam (Ghāna) > Histoire.
Akosombo Dam (Ghana) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Volta River Project
  • The Volta River Project and the Promise of Modernization
  • "Nkrumah's Baby": Negotiating and Building Akosombo
  • The Volta Aluminum Company
  • VALCO
  • Working on VALCO's American Island
  • Settlements of Modernization
  • "No One Should Be Worse Off": Resettlement
  • Building the City of the Future
  • Power Struggles
  • Waiting for Light: Stories of Rural Electrification
  • Electricity Politics, Droughts, Self-Help
  • Epilogue.

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