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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Miescher, Stephan (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Sujets:
Volta River Project (Ghana) > History.
Volta River Project (Ghana)
Dams > Ghana > Volta River Valley.
Water resources development > Ghana > Volta River Valley.
Electric power production > Ghana.
Barrages > Ghāna > Volta, Vallée de la.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Ghāna > Volta, Vallée de la.
Électricité > Production > Ghāna.
HISTORY / Africa / West
Dams.
Electric power production.
Water resources development.
Akosombo Dam (Ghana) > History.
Akosombo Dam (Ghāna) > Histoire.
Ghana.
Ghana > Akosombo Dam.
Ghana > Volta River Valley.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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