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- ISBN-13
- 9781580469180
- Book Title
- Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial Capital
- ISBN
- 9781580469180
- Subject Area
- Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History, Political Science
- Publication Name
- Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial Capital : Mechanized Gold Mining in the Gold Coast Colony, 1879-1909
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Medical Press
- Subject
- Mining, Labor & Industrial Relations, Africa / West, Africa / General, International Relations / General, Labor
- Series
- Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 230 Pages
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Recent years have seen renewed interest in the historical study of labor in Africa. Unlike those of the past, these studies are rooted in the recognition of Africa's dynamic, expansive, and productive informal sector. While focusing on one of West Africa's earliest large-scale industries, namely the Wassa gold mines in the southwest Gold Coast, this book is not solely concerned with the traditional working class. Rather, it explores the plurality of labor relations that characterized the mining concessions during the period 1879 to 1909, including the presence of migrants from various parts of West Africa as well as casual and tributary laborers, both male and female. In capturing the phenomenon of labor mobility as it played out in Wassa, the book presents one of the fullest accounts of the labor agents who regularly brought groups of migrant laborers to the mines. The narrative discusses these agents' means of employment and roles in the informalization and indentureship of labor; in addition, it explores the regional dynamics of the recruitment machinery and confronts issues of coercion and choice. Scholars interested in African history, global labor history, economic history, and women's work in Africa will find much of value in this innovative study. Cassandra Mark-Thiesen is a Research Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation (Marie-Heim Vogtlin Grant) in the history department of the University of Basel.
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Publisher
University of Rochester Medical Press
ISBN-10
1580469183
ISBN-13
9781580469180
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239584549
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial Capital : Mechanized Gold Mining in the Gold Coast Colony, 1879-1909
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Mining, Labor & Industrial Relations, Africa / West, Africa / General, International Relations / General, Labor
Series
Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Ser.
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
230 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2017-050185
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Series Volume Number
77
Lc Classification Number
Hd8832.M37 2018
Volume Number
77
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Cassandra Mark-Thiesen's Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial Capital gives readers a window into the lives of the wide variety of African workers and entrepreneurs that journeyed to the Wassa gold mines and the port city of Sekondi in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her 'labor centered' approach will be invaluable to historians of colonial mining economies., Provides a number of important insights into the global labour history of imperial gold mining in Wassa, as well as in a wider West African context... [An] comprehensive, informative and well-researched study is recommended for public and private libraries, and especially for historians and experts of migratory studies, mining industry and labour relations. GHANA JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES Cassandra Mark-Thiesen delivers a readable and insightful study of African-run labor recruitment schemes in colonial Ghana's emerging mining industry. CONNECTIONS Mark-Thiesen digs up a rich historical archive that enriches our understanding of the dynamic history of labour in the Gold Coast. LSE REVIEW OF BOOKS Cassandra Mark-Thiesen's Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial Capital gives readers a window into the lives of the wide variety of African workers and entrepreneurs that journeyed to the Wassa gold mines and the port city of Sekondi in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her "labor centered" approach will be invaluable to historians of colonial mining economies. IJAHS By deepening our understanding of the actors and institutions involved in mobilizing labor after the outlawing of slavery in the Gold Coast in 1874, Cassandra Mark-Thiesen sheds light on the economic, political, and sociocultural factors that motivated people from within and beyond the Gold Coast to work in the Wassa mines. AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW, This is an important book, which helps to recast a seemingly well-discussed theme (the two gold booms in the southern interior of the Gold Coast) into a fresh, well-structured discussion of labour recruitment and labour organization. SWISS HISTORY REVIEW Provides a number of important insights into the global labour history of imperial gold mining in Wassa, as well as in a wider West African context... [An] comprehensive, informative and well-researched study is recommended for public and private libraries, and especially for historians and experts of migratory studies, mining industry and labour relations. GHANA JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES Cassandra Mark-Thiesen delivers a readable and insightful study of African-run labor recruitment schemes in colonial Ghana's emerging mining industry. CONNECTIONS Mark-Thiesen digs up a rich historical archive that enriches our understanding of the dynamic history of labour in the Gold Coast. LSE REVIEW OF BOOKS Cassandra Mark-Thiesen's Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial Capital gives readers a window into the lives of the wide variety of African workers and entrepreneurs that journeyed to the Wassa gold mines and the port city of Sekondi in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her "labor centered" approach will be invaluable to historians of colonial mining economies. IJAHS By deepening our understanding of the actors and institutions involved in mobilizing labor after the outlawing of slavery in the Gold Coast in 1874, Cassandra Mark-Thiesen sheds light on the economic, political, and sociocultural factors that motivated people from within and beyond the Gold Coast to work in the Wassa mines. AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW he actors and institutions involved in mobilizing labor after the outlawing of slavery in the Gold Coast in 1874, Cassandra Mark-Thiesen sheds light on the economic, political, and sociocultural factors that motivated people from within and beyond the Gold Coast to work in the Wassa mines. AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW he actors and institutions involved in mobilizing labor after the outlawing of slavery in the Gold Coast in 1874, Cassandra Mark-Thiesen sheds light on the economic, political, and sociocultural factors that motivated people from within and beyond the Gold Coast to work in the Wassa mines. AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW he actors and institutions involved in mobilizing labor after the outlawing of slavery in the Gold Coast in 1874, Cassandra Mark-Thiesen sheds light on the economic, political, and sociocultural factors that motivated people from within and beyond the Gold Coast to work in the Wassa mines. AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW
Table of Content
IntroductionProspectors, Politicians and the Question of "Progress": The First and Second Gold Boom in WassaLabor Recruitment in the Nineteenth Century: The Place of PracticalityDisrupted Recruitment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Women, Whites, and other Labor AgentsGovernment Strategies for Assisting the MinesLabor Agents, Chiefs and Officials, 1905 to 1909: The Incorporation of the Northern Territories' Labor ReserveConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
Copyright Date
2018
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