1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463797503321

Autore

Richter Daniel K

Titolo

The Ordeal of the Longhouse [[electronic resource] ] : The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : The University of North Carolina Press, 2011

ISBN

1-4696-0320-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 p.)

Collana

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Disciplina

974.7004975

Soggetti

Iroquois Indians - History

Iroquois Indians - First contact with Europeans

Iroquois Indians - Government relations

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Ethnic & Race Studies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One: The Iroquois in the World on the Turtle's Back; Chapter Two: The Great League of Peace and Power; Chapter Three: The Great League for War and Survival; Chapter Four: The Economic Lifeline to the Dutch; Chapter Five: The Ascendancy of the Francophiles; Chapter Six: The Revolt of the Anglophiles; Chapter Seven: The Last of the Beaver Wars; Chapter Eight: The Political Crisis of the Iroquois Confederacy; Chapter Nine: The Precarious Settlement Abroad and at Home

Chapter Ten: The Neutralist Diplomacy of Peace and BalanceChapter Eleven: The Iroquois in a Euro-American World; Methodological Comments; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Untitled



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791128003321

Autore

Killick Tony

Titolo

Development economics in action : a study of economic policies in Ghana / / Tony Killick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

9780415587115

1-136-97352-4

1-136-97353-2

1-282-62966-2

9786612629662

0-203-85201-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (544 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in development economics  Development economics in action

Disciplina

330.9667/05

Soggetti

Economic development - Ghana

Ghana Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface to second edition; Preface to first edition; Part I: 1960-72; 1 Introduction; 2 Development, disequilibrium and state interventionism; 3 The economic strategies of Nkrumah and his successors; 4 Domestic economic performance in the 1960s; 5 External performance: The foreign exchange constraint and its causes; 6 Planning, saving and economic management; 7 Modernization without growth; 8 The unbalanced growth of agriculture and industry; 9 The state as entrepreneur; 10 The state as controller

11 After Nkrumah: Interpretations of policies, 1966-7212 Lessons from 1960-72; Part II: 1972-2008; Introduction to the new chapters; 13 From implosion to boom: 1972-2008; 14 Structural change: 1970-2008; 15 Forces for change: 1983-2008; Bibliography of works cited; Additional works cited for the second edition; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1978, Development Economics in Action is a renowned study of policies in Ghana, one of Africa's most closely



watched economies. In this new edition three additional chapters provide a detailed account of 1978-2008.