Sarah Stockwell

The Business of Decolonization

British Business Strategies in the Gold Coast

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Produktbeschreibung

The Business of Decolonization provides a fresh perspective on the end of the British Empire in Africa. It examines the transfer of power in the Gold Coast (Ghana) from the viewpoint of British companies and businessmen, investigating their involvement in nationalist politics and their place in British imperial policy during decolonization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780198208488
• ISBN-10: 0198208480
• Artikelnr.: 22932534

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* British business and the Gold Coast colonial state on the eve of
decolonization
* Nationalism and British business
* Strategies for decolonization: constitutional change and the campaign
for business representation
* Strategies for decolonization: the mercantile and the service sectors
* Strategies for decolonization: the mining companies
* British business in British strategies for decolonization in the Gold
Coast
* Conclusion
* Bibliography