03834nam 22007575 450 991081436110332120200930192917.01-349-49652-91-137-44858-X10.1057/9781137448583(CKB)3710000000374103(EBL)1913584(SSID)ssj0001405041(PQKBManifestationID)11799272(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001405041(PQKBWorkID)11387510(PQKB)11708793(MiAaPQ)EBC1913584(DE-He213)978-1-137-44858-3(EXLCZ)99371000000037410320151130d2014 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBuilding the Ghanaian Nation-State[electronic resource] Kwame Nkrumah’s Symbolic Nationalism /by H. Fuller1st ed. 2014.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2014.1 online resource (297 p.)African Histories and Modernities,2634-5773Description based upon print version of record.1-322-57783-8 1-137-44856-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword: Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah-His Symbolic Nationalism and Nation Building; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Timeline of Important Dates in the Life of Kwame Nkrumah; Ghanaian Premiers, 1951-Present; INTRODUCTION The Symbolism of Ghanaian Nationalism; Chapter 1 Banal Symbols of the New Nation-State; Chapter 2 Philatelic Nationalism; Chapter 3 Economic Nationalism; Chapter 4 Civitatis Ghaniensis Conditor; Chapter 6 Monumental Nationalism; Chapter 7 Pan-African Nationalism; Chapter 8 The Downfall of Kwame NkrumahChapter 9 The Death and Symbolic "Resurrection" of Kwame NkrumahChapter 10 From "Redeemer" to Redeemed?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexGhana has always held a position of primacy in the African political and historical imagination, due in no small part to the indelible impression left president Kwame Nkrumah. This study examines the symbolic strategies he used to construct the Ghanaian state through currency, stamps, museums, flags, and other public icons.African Histories and Modernities,2634-5773Africa—Politics and governmentPolitical sociologyAfrica—HistoryImperialismPolitical scienceAfrican Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911090Political Sociologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22170African Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/714000Imperialism and Colonialismhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/722000Political Sciencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911000GhanaPolitics and government1957-1979Africa—Politics and government.Political sociology.Africa—History.Imperialism.Political science.African Politics.Political Sociology.African History.Imperialism and Colonialism.Political Science.966.7051Fuller Hauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1697262BOOK9910814361103321Building the Ghanaian Nation-State4077826UNINA