03918nam 2200781Ia 450 991097086560332120200520144314.097866130052299781283005227128300522097899886473919988647395978998864788999886478839789988647766998864776X(CKB)2670000000079526(EBL)1135286(OCoLC)830165215(SSID)ssj0001536118(PQKBManifestationID)11838818(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001536118(PQKBWorkID)11503439(PQKB)10697208(SSID)ssj0000483393(PQKBManifestationID)11338864(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483393(PQKBWorkID)10528368(PQKB)11354762(OCoLC)715154215(MdBmJHUP)muse21793(MiAaPQ)EBC1135286(PPN)187336881(FR-PaCSA)88825376(FRCYB88825376)88825376(EXLCZ)99267000000007952620100619d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClosing the books Governor Edward Carstensen on Danish Guinea, 1842-50 /translated from the Danish by Tove Storsveen ; introduction by Per HernsLegon, Accra, Ghana Sub-Saharan Pub.20101 online resource (452 p.)University of Ghana readers Current challenges with their evolving solutions in surgical practice in West Africa Translation of: Guvernr Edward Carstensens indberetninger fra Guinea, 1842-1850, issued by Georg Nrregard, 1964.9789988647650 9988647654 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 CoverSitting 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 ìpossessionsî 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.Colonial administratorsGhanaDiariesColonial administratorsDenmarkDiariesGhanaHistoryDanish Settlements, 1659-1850SourcesColonial administratorsColonial administrators966.701092Carstensen Edward1815-1898.1796180Storsveen Tove1796181University of GhanaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970865603321Closing the books4337846UNINA