| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
A Slow Beginning, 1879-1895 -- The Development of the Western Line, 1895-1912 -- The Eastern Line and the Development of Lighterage Ports, 1904-1918 -- Post-War Expansion : The Ten-Year Development Plan (1920-1930) -- The Recruitment of Construction Workers and Colonial Labour Policy -- The Acquisition of Railway and Harbour Land and Colonial Land Policy -- Railway investment and Colonial Financial Policy -- The Management System, Personnel and Labour Relations -- Operational Problems and Issues -- The Economic and Social Impact of the Railways -- Railways : Commerce and Crafts, Urbanisation and Public Health -- Railways and Economic Development : The Gold Coast Experience in the Global Context |
| Summary |
International development has its origins in the histories of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European colonisation. What happens when a leading colonial power decides to transform a model tropical colony, relying on head-loading of goods as the predominant form of transport, into a modern market economy on the back of the greatest British industrial ingenuity of the time - railways? In this book, the author brings to light the historical origins of a wide range of issues confronting present-day international development researchers and policy-makers, such as technology transfer, wealth creation versus equity of access, and ways to evaluate the benefits of development work, especially across cultures. In the context of the early twenty-first-century international investment interests in resource-rich Africa, the author argues, forensic historical research is required to determine the precise nature and scale of the financial and humanitarian injustices committed by British colonialists during the construction of major public works projects. More than providing opportunities to take possible legal actions for reparations, this research should also serve as a reminder to African policy-makers and their international and local business partners that the injustices and blatant abuses of power of the past should never be repeated |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Railroads -- Ghana -- History
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Economic development -- Ghana -- History
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TRANSPORTATION -- Railroads -- Pictorial.
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Economic development
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Railroads
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| SUBJECT |
Ghana -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054760
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| Subject |
Ghana
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789956728701 |
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9956728705 |
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9789956728466 |
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9956728462 |
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