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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970865603321

Autore

Carstensen Edward <1815-1898.>

Titolo

Closing the books : Governor Edward Carstensen on Danish Guinea, 1842-50 / / translated from the Danish by Tove Storsveen ; introduction by Per Herns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Legon, Accra, Ghana, : Sub-Saharan Pub., 2010

ISBN

9786613005229

9781283005227

1283005220

9789988647391

9988647395

9789988647889

9988647883

9789988647766

998864776X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Collana

University of Ghana readers Current challenges with their evolving solutions in surgical practice in West Africa

Altri autori (Persone)

StorsveenTove

Disciplina

966.701092

Soggetti

Colonial administrators - Ghana

Colonial administrators - Denmark

Ghana History Danish Settlements, 1659-1850 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Guvernr Edward Carstensens indberetninger fra Guinea, 1842-1850, issued by Georg Nrregard, 1964.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CLOSING THE BOOKS. Governor Edward Carstensen's Official Reports on Danish Guinea 1842-50; PLATES & MAPS; INDEX; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Sitting on the terrace of the royal plantation Frederiks gave, his favourite retreat, Governor Edward Carstensen came to see the inevitable: Denmark had to give up her ì€possessionsì‚ in Africa. As fate would have it, he came to be the instrument by which two centuries of Danish involvement on the Gold Coast was terminated, thereby making way for the emergence of the colonial system that developed there.



After the abolition of the slave trade, Denmark had struggled to find ways and means to legitimate her continued stay at the Coast. At an early stage the Danes initiated a number of attempts to establish experimental plantations to cultivate export crops such as cotton, coffee and sugar. But a transition from slave trade to legitimate products required stability and peace, and a need for control, which the rather limited Danish presence was not able to maintain. Closing the Books comprises a compilation of the official reports that the last Danish Governor sent home during his term of office at the Gold Coast. The reports reflect his personal views regarding the economic and political situations there, as well as his ideas on the civilization of Africa.