The Political Economy of Colonialism in Ghana

by Geoffrey Kay

This work provides a selection of official documents by the colonial government in Ghana illustrating the evolution of its economic policy in the 20th century. It includes a statistical abstract of economic and social data for 1900-60 which is as complete as sources permit. In an introductory essay it is argued that in Ghana the official British colonial commitment to free trade and laissez-faire was not reflected in practice and that colonial authorities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0751200794
• ISBN13: 9780751200799
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
• Length: 464 Pages