From head-loading to the iron horse [[electronic resource] ] : railway building in colonial Ghana and the origins of tropical development / / Komla Tsey

• Autore: Tsey Komla
• Pubblicazione: Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Railroads - Ghana
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""About the Author""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Maps and Figures""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I ""; ""Chapter 1 - A Slow Beginning, 1879-1895 ""; ""Chapter 2 - The Development of the Western Line, 1895-1912 ""; ""Governor Maxwell and the Malayan Paradigm of Tropical Development""; ""Construction of the Sekondi - Tarkwa Line""; ""The Tarkwa - Kumasi Extension ""; ""The Kumasi Railway and Ashanti Politics ""; ""The Mining Companies and Construction of Branch Lines "" ; ""Policy Implications of the Western Line """"Chapter 3 - The Eastern Line and the Development of Lighterage Ports, 1904-1918 ""; ""Sir John Rodger and the Rearticulation of the Tropical Malayan Paradigm""; ""The Construction of the Accra - Mangoase Line ""; ""The mount Ejuamena Bauxite Deposits and the proposed Tafo-Kumasi Extensions ""; ""The Development of Lighterage Ports""; ""The Eastern Line and Port Developments in Context""; ""Chapter 4 - Post-War Expansion - The Ten-Year Development Plan 1920-1930 ""; ""Post-War Reconstruction in Britain and the Notion of â€?ColonialDevelopment' "" ; ""Governor Guggisberg: The Ten-Year Development Plan and Takoradi Harbour""""Railways and Roads""; ""Part II ""; ""Chapter 5 - The Recruitment of COnstruction Workers and Colonial Labour Policy ""; ""Recruitment for the Sekondi-Kumasi Line, 1898-1903 ""; ""Recruitment for Railways and Lighterage ports, 1905-1918 ""; ""The Post-War Labour Problems""; ""Chapter 6 - The Acquisition of Railway and Harbour Land and Colonial Land Policy ""; ""General Problems of Land Acquisition in Railway Construction""; ""The Gold Coast Land Act 1876 and the Railways"" ; ""The 1876 Land Act and Commercial Developments""""The Problems of Land Acquisition at Takoradi""; ""Total Land Owned by the Railway and Harbours""; ""Chapter 7 - Railway investment and Colonial Financial Policy ""; ""Chapter 8 - The Management System, Personnel and Labour Relations ""; ""Labour: Managerial, Technical and Unskilled""; ""Workersâ€? Grievances and Labour Relations""; ""Chapter 9 - Operational Problems and Issues ""; ""Safety and Maintenance""; ""Tariff Policy""; ""Administrative Actions""; ""Efficiency""; ""Profitability""; ""Part III "" ; ""Chapter 10 - The Economic and Social Impact of the Railways """"The Scale of Railway Innovation""; ""Backward Linkages: A Stimulus for the Gold Coast Economy or Markets for the Metropolitan Industries?""; ""Forward Linkages: Production for Domestic Needs or Extraction of Raw Materials for Metropolitan Industries?""; ""Chapter 11 - Railways: Commerce and Crafts, Urbanisation and Public Health ""; ""Commerce and Crafts""; ""Urbanisation and Public Health""; ""Chapter 12 - Railways and Economic Development: The Gold Coast Experience in the Global Context "" ; ""An advanced Industrial Economy (Britain) ""
• Titolo autorizzato: From head-loading to the iron horse
• ISBN: 9956-728-58-6; 9956-728-70-5; 9956-728-46-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807057203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II