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A Dam for Africa: Akosombo Stories from Ghana

A Dam for Africa: Akosombo Stories from Ghana - Paperback

by Stephan F. Miescher
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Availability:In StockContributor:Stephan F. MiescherPublish date:2022-07-12Pages:598
Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253059956ISBN-10:025305995XUPC:9780253059956Book Category:History, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Africa, HydraulicsBook Topic:WestSize:6.00 x 9.40 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCEP9SXYYN

A Dam for Africa: Akosombo Stories from Ghana

Since its construction in the early 1960s, the hydroelectric Akosombo Dam across the Volta River has exemplified the possibilities and challenges of development in Ghana. Drawing upon a wealth of sources, A Dam for Africa investigates contrasting stories about how this dam has transformed a West African nation, while providing a model for other African countries.

The massive Akosombo Dam is the...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253059956ISBN-10:025305995XUPC:9780253059956Book Category:History, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Africa, HydraulicsBook Topic:WestSize:6.00 x 9.40 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCEP9SXYYN

Stephan F. Miescher is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is editor (with Luise White and David William Cohen) of African Words, African Voices: Critical Practices in Oral History and (with Lisa A. Lindsay) of Men and Masculinities in Modern Africa and is author of Making Men in Ghana.


Publisher: Indiana University Press

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