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The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The World Readers)
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “light wear, clean pages”
- Release Year
- 2016
- ISBN
- 9780822359920
- Book Title
- Ghana Reader : History, Culture, Politics
- Book Series
- The World Readers Ser.
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Travel, History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Africa / West, Customs & Traditions, World / African
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 26.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 496 Pages
About this product
Product Information
Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation. Whether discussing the Asante kingdom and the Gold Coast's importance to European commerce and transatlantic slaving, Ghana's brief period under British colonial rule, or the emergence of its modern democracy, the volume's eighty selections emphasize Ghana's enormous symbolic and pragmatic value to global relations. They also demonstrate that the path to fully understanding Ghana requires acknowledging its ethnic and cultural diversity and listening to its population's varied voices. Readers will encounter selections written by everyone from farmers, traders, and the clergy to intellectuals, politicians, musicians, and foreign travelers. With sources including historical documents, poems, treaties, articles, and fiction, The Ghana Reader conveys the multiple and intersecting histories of Ghana's development as a nation, its key contribution to the formation of the African diaspora, and its increasingly important role in the economy and politics of the twenty-first century.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822359928
ISBN-13
9780822359920
eBay Product ID (ePID)
217105165
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ghana Reader : History, Culture, Politics
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Africa / West, Customs & Traditions, World / African
Publication Year
2016
Book Series
The World Readers Ser.
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
26.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Dt510.G47 2016
Reviews
Konadu and Campbell have edited a volume that traces the complexity of Ghana, and its overall representation of a stable African state, in a series of short but insightful entries. . . . The editors have done an excellent job in allowing all sections of Ghana, from farmers, slave traders, and intellectuals to imperialists, to speak and thereby represent Ghana's evolution to a modern nation-state that exemplifies the challenges and opportunities that face not only Ghana, but all of Africa. Highly recommended. All levels/libraries., An important and timely book, The Ghana Reader fills the crucial need to better understand a nation that occupies a privileged place in pan-African-oriented life and is increasingly central to economic, political, and cultural cosmopolitanism. Insightfully framing the complexity of Ghanaian history and life and opening up paths for future study, The Ghana Reader will appeal to students and general readers alike., [A] wonderful introduction to Ghana and its people, stretching all the way back to prehistoric times. Opening this book to virtually any page yields a judiciously selected text that reveals something about Ghana. . . ., Overall the selection and presentation of texts works very well in the rich collection. Its readability is strengthened by the editors' introduction, helpful outlines prior to each of the sub themes, suggestions for further reading, sources, and an index. The collection will appeal to casual readers of cultural or touristic persuasions, who will undoubtedly find something of interest to pursue further, as well as students and scholars of Ghana or sub-Saharan Africa.... [T]he aims of the Reader are accomplished well and it thoroughly succeeds in providing varied and contrasting illuminations of the country we know today as Ghana., A celebration of the dynamism, complexity, and allure of Ghana. . . . The book appeals to a broad range of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences and is exemplary of the kind of text that can foster transdisciplinary teaching and scholarship. It is written in a style that is accessible to an undergraduate audience but is also appropriate for graduate education, and will appeal to those that seek to better understand a country with a fascinating and multifaceted history, politics, and culture., There is no doubt that The Ghana Reader 's rare documents and publications are indispensable to the understanding of Ghana's historical, cultural, and political narrative.... The Ghana Reader is a treasure trove of information., "Ghana captures all that is West Africa today--its hope and promise, its turbulent politics, its proud but vexed history, its vibrant popular culture, its long engagement with Pan-Africanist thought and aspiration. The Ghana Reader does full and eloquent justice to Ghana's rowdy and cacophonous history and to its luminous promise. The book's judicious and broad-ranging set of selections will serve as a brilliant primer for non-Ghana scholars and students--and travelers and tourists--and as a stimulating reminder for the already-initiated." , "Ghana captures all that is West Africa today--its hope and promise, its turbulent politics, its proud but vexed history, its vibrant popular culture, its long engagement with pan-Africanist thought and aspiration. The Ghana Reader does full and eloquent justice to Ghana's rowdy and cacophonous history and to its luminous promise. The book's judicious and broad-ranging set of selections will serve as a brilliant primer for non-Ghana scholars and students--and travelers and tourists--and as a stimulating reminder for the already-initiated."
Table of Content
Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 I. One Nation, Many Histories 17 II. Between the Sea and the Savanna, 1500-1700 81 III. Commerce and the Scrambles for Africa, 1700-1900 125 IV. Colonial Rule and Political Independence, 1900-1957 207 V. Independece, Coups, and the Republic, 1957-Present 299 VI. The Exigencies of a Postcolony 361 Suggestions for Further Reading 457 Acknowledgments of Copyrights and Sources 461 Index 469
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2015-030360
Dewey Decimal
966.7
Dewey Edition
23
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