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- catalog abstract ""El Dorado in West Africa explores the first modern gold rush of Ghana in all its dimensions - land, labor, capital, traditional African mining, technology, transport, management, the clash of cultures, and colonial rule. The rich tapestry of events is textured with unexpected ironies and paradoxes." "Professor Dumett tells the story of the expatriate-led gold boom of 1875-1900 against the background of colonial capitalism. Through the use of field interviews, he also brings to light the expansion of a parallel "African gold-mining frontier," which outpaced the expatriate mining sector."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11059544.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""El Dorado in West Africa explores the first modern gold rush of Ghana in all its dimensions - land, labor, capital, traditional African mining, technology, transport, management, the clash of cultures, and colonial rule. The rich tapestry of events is textured with unexpected ironies and paradoxes." "Professor Dumett tells the story of the expatriate-led gold boom of 1875-1900 against the background of colonial capitalism. Through the use of field interviews, he also brings to light the expansion of a parallel "African gold-mining frontier," which outpaced the expatriate mining sector."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-384) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 396 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0821411977 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0821411985 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "085255768X (Currey : pbk : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0852557698 (Currey : cl : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Athens : Ohio University Press ; Oxford : J. Currey,".
- catalog spatial "Ghana".
- catalog subject "338.2/741/09667 21".
- catalog subject "Capitalism Ghana History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Gold miners Ghana History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Gold mines and mining Ghana History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "HD9536.G5 D86 1998".
- catalog title "El Dorado in West Africa : the gold-mining frontier, African labor, and colonial capitalism in the Gold Coast, 1875-1900 / Raymond E. Dumett.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".