Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial Capital Mechanized Gold Mining in the Gold Coast Colony, 1879–1909
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Prospectors, Politicians, and the Question of “Progress”: The First and Second Gold Booms in Wassa
- 2 Labor Recruitment in the Nineteenth Century: The Place of Practicality
- 3 Disrupted Recruitment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Women, Whites, and Other Labor Agents
- 4 Government Strategies for Assisting the Mines
- 5 Labor Agents, Chiefs and Officials, 1905–1909: The Incorporation of the Northern Territories’ Labor Reserve
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Prospectors, Politicians, and the Question of “Progress”: The First and Second Gold Booms in Wassa
- 2 Labor Recruitment in the Nineteenth Century: The Place of Practicality
- 3 Disrupted Recruitment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Women, Whites, and Other Labor Agents
- 4 Government Strategies for Assisting the Mines
- 5 Labor Agents, Chiefs and Officials, 1905–1909: The Incorporation of the Northern Territories’ Labor Reserve
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial CapitalMechanized Gold Mining in the Gold Coast Colony, 1879–1909, pp. 209 - 217Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2018