Kwame Nkrumah [[electronic resource] ] : vision and tragedy / / David Rooney

• Autore: Rooney David
• Pubblicazione: Accra, Ghana, : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2007
• Edizione: [2nd ed.].
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (394 p.)
• Disciplina: 966.7
• Soggetto topico: Presidents - Ghana
• Soggetto geografico: Ghana Politics and government 1957-1979
• Note generali: First published as 'Kwame Nkrumah: the political kingdom in the Third World' by I.B. Tauris, c1988.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-379) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Map of Ghana in the 1960's; Preface; Introduction; Foreword to 2nd Edition; 1. Early Life; 2. London Interlude; 3. Secretary of The UGCC; 4. Birth of The CPP; 5. Leader of Government Business; 6. Constitutional Changes; 7. The Economy and the World Stage; 8. Ashanti and the NLM; 9. The 1956 Election - The Struggle Continues; 10. Independence; 11. Prime Minister 1957-60; 12. The Volta River Project; 13. Lurch to the Left; 14. The Socialist State; 15. Foreign Policy; 16. Denouement; 17. Retrospect; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: ""The year long celebration of Ghana's Golden Jubilee provides a fitting context for the republication of the book Kwame Nkrumah: Vision and Tragedy. In the lead-up to the celebration and over the course of the year, the life and times of Kwame Nkrumah will receive unprecedented public attention, official and unofficial. Kwame Nkrumah's very wide name-recognition is, paradoxically, accompanied by sketchy, often oversimplified knowledge about the events and processes of his life and times. For most of those born after independence in 1957, such knowledge does not extend much beyond who Kwame Nkr
• Titolo autorizzato: Kwame Nkrumah
• ISBN: 1-283-00519-0; 9988-647-81-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789853103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II