Market encounters : consumer cultures in twentieth-century Ghana /

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By emphasizing the centrality of human relationships to Ghana's economic past, Murillo introduces a radical rethinking of consumption studies from an Africa-centered perspective. The result is a keen look at colonial capitalism in all of its intricacies, legacies, and contradictions, including...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Murillo, Bianca (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2017]
Series:New African histories series.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Consumption (Economics) > Ghana > History > 20th century.
Consumption (Economics) > Political aspects > Ghana.
Consumers > Ghana > History > 20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Commerce.
Consumers.
Consumption (Economics)
Consumption (Economics) > Political aspects.
Konsumgesellschaft
Einzelhandel
Consommation > Ghana > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Consommation > Aspect politique > Ghana.
Consommateurs > Ghana > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Ghana > Commerce > History > 20th century.
Ghana.
Ghana
Ghana > Commerce > 20e siècle.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Consuming histories and creating economies
  • A door "wide open" imagining Gold Coast markets
  • "We cannot afford to be fooled." African intermediaries on shifting commercial terrain
  • "In time for independence." Kingsway Department Store, modernity, and the new nation
  • "Shop window on the world." Ghana's first international trade fair and the politics of wealth and accumulation
  • "Power to the people." Militarization of the market and the war against profiteers
  • Afterword: From structural adjustment to shopping malls.

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