Colonialism and Underdevelopment in GhanaColonialism and Underdevelopment in Ghana (1978) examines Ghana’s integration into the world economic system, and the effects which such integration had on its development. The time period covered coincides both with the institution of formal political control in Ghana, and with the use of that control to promote Ghana’s development as a peripheral capitalist nation, as a supplier of primary agricultural and mineral products and as a buyer of manufactured goods. 1939 is taken as the cut-off for this book as it ends the classical colonial period. |
Contents
The Creation of Ghanas Peripheral Capitalist Economy | |
Oligopolisation of the Ghanaian Economy | |
the Role of the Colonial Government | |
The Peripheral Economy and Class Formation | |
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Accra African and Eastern agreement agricultural areas argued Ashanti Goldfields banks BBWA boycott Britain brokers Cadbury Cape Coast capitalism capitalist cash-crop cent century Chambers of Commerce chiefs cocoa cocoa exports cocoa farms colonial government Colonial Office colonial period competition concessions Conference consumer crop cultivation currency economy economy of Ghana Elder Dempster entrepreneurs European firms expatriate firms farmers February GCLegCo Ghana Ghanaians GNA Adm Gold Coast Colony government’s Governor Ibid imported independent indigenous industry interests investment John Holt Kumasi labour land Legislative Council Lever Brothers Limited LonCC London lorry ManCC manufactured merchants mining monopoly native Northern Territories Nowell Commission obtain organised paid palm oil peasants percentage peripheral petty bourgeoisie political pre-capitalist profits railways RCSR rebate Report roads slave social square miles supply Swanzy Tarkwa timber Trading Company transport underdevelopment United Africa Company unofficial West African trade world economic