Author: Margaret Peil
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521100229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pioneering study of the social aspects of industrialisation in a developing country in tropical Africa. Though industrial workers form a relatively small proportion of the Ghanaian population, they represent the 'modern' sector of the economy and industrial jobs are much sought after by school leavers. The occupational and migration histories, the work and home lives of these men and women are examined in the framework of current theories of modernity to demonstrate the effects of industrialisation in those countries where the process has not yet gone very far. This book surveys the field of industrialisation in Ghana and its effects through such other factors as migration. It provides a valuable comparison both with industrialisation elsewhere and with other aspects of African social life.
The Ghanaian Factory Worker
Author: Margaret Peil
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521100229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pioneering study of the social aspects of industrialisation in a developing country in tropical Africa. Though industrial workers form a relatively small proportion of the Ghanaian population, they represent the 'modern' sector of the economy and industrial jobs are much sought after by school leavers. The occupational and migration histories, the work and home lives of these men and women are examined in the framework of current theories of modernity to demonstrate the effects of industrialisation in those countries where the process has not yet gone very far. This book surveys the field of industrialisation in Ghana and its effects through such other factors as migration. It provides a valuable comparison both with industrialisation elsewhere and with other aspects of African social life.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521100229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pioneering study of the social aspects of industrialisation in a developing country in tropical Africa. Though industrial workers form a relatively small proportion of the Ghanaian population, they represent the 'modern' sector of the economy and industrial jobs are much sought after by school leavers. The occupational and migration histories, the work and home lives of these men and women are examined in the framework of current theories of modernity to demonstrate the effects of industrialisation in those countries where the process has not yet gone very far. This book surveys the field of industrialisation in Ghana and its effects through such other factors as migration. It provides a valuable comparison both with industrialisation elsewhere and with other aspects of African social life.
The Ghanian Factory Worker: Industrial Man in Africa
Author: Margaret Peil
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Factory system
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Factory system
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Industrial Labour in Africa
Author: Britha Mikkelsen
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171061584
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171061584
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The African Industrial Man
Author: Augustine Ahiauzu
Publisher: Cimrat Publications
ISBN:
Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: Cimrat Publications
ISBN:
Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Making Men in Ghana
Author: Stephan Miescher
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253346360
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
By featuring the life histories of eight senior men, Making Men in Ghana explores the changing meaning of becoming a man in modern Africa. Stephan F. Miescher concentrates on the ideals and expectations that formed around men who were prominent in their communities when Ghana became an independent nation. Miescher shows how they negotiated complex social and economic transformations and how they dealt with their mounting obligations and responsibilities as leaders in their kinship groups, churches, and schools. Not only were notions about men and masculinity shaped by community standards, but they were strongly influenced by imported standards that came from missionaries and other colonial officials. As he recounts the life histories of these men, Miescher reveals that the passage to manhood--and a position of power, seniority, authority, and leadership--was not always welcome or easy. As an important foil for studies on women and femininity, this groundbreaking book not only explores masculinity and ideals of male behavior, but offers a fresh perspective on African men in a century of change.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253346360
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
By featuring the life histories of eight senior men, Making Men in Ghana explores the changing meaning of becoming a man in modern Africa. Stephan F. Miescher concentrates on the ideals and expectations that formed around men who were prominent in their communities when Ghana became an independent nation. Miescher shows how they negotiated complex social and economic transformations and how they dealt with their mounting obligations and responsibilities as leaders in their kinship groups, churches, and schools. Not only were notions about men and masculinity shaped by community standards, but they were strongly influenced by imported standards that came from missionaries and other colonial officials. As he recounts the life histories of these men, Miescher reveals that the passage to manhood--and a position of power, seniority, authority, and leadership--was not always welcome or easy. As an important foil for studies on women and femininity, this groundbreaking book not only explores masculinity and ideals of male behavior, but offers a fresh perspective on African men in a century of change.
General Labour History of Africa
Author: Stefano Bellucci
Publisher: James Currey
ISBN: 1847012183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide.
Publisher: James Currey
ISBN: 1847012183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide.
Confronting Historical Paradigms
Author: Frederick Cooper
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299136840
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Brings together broadly synthetic essays of interpretation that illuminate both the rethinking of history and paradigm that has taken place within the fields of African and Latin American history and the resonances between these fields. Three of the essay have previously been published in scholarly journals; three essays and a postscript were written expressly for this volume. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299136840
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Brings together broadly synthetic essays of interpretation that illuminate both the rethinking of history and paradigm that has taken place within the fields of African and Latin American history and the resonances between these fields. Three of the essay have previously been published in scholarly journals; three essays and a postscript were written expressly for this volume. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Africa in the Time of Cholera
Author: Myron Echenberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139498967
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
This book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817, particularly the current impact of cholera on such major countries as Senegal, Angola, Mozambique, Congo, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Myron Echenberg highlights the irony that this once-terrible scourge, having receded from most of the globe, now kills thousands of Africans annually - Africa now accounts for more than 90 percent of the world's cases and deaths - and leaves many more with severe developmental impairment. Responsibility for the suffering caused is shared by Western lending and health institutions and by often venal and incompetent African leadership. If the threat of this old scourge is addressed with more urgency, great progress in the public health of Africans can be achieved.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139498967
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
This book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817, particularly the current impact of cholera on such major countries as Senegal, Angola, Mozambique, Congo, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Myron Echenberg highlights the irony that this once-terrible scourge, having receded from most of the globe, now kills thousands of Africans annually - Africa now accounts for more than 90 percent of the world's cases and deaths - and leaves many more with severe developmental impairment. Responsibility for the suffering caused is shared by Western lending and health institutions and by often venal and incompetent African leadership. If the threat of this old scourge is addressed with more urgency, great progress in the public health of Africans can be achieved.
East Africa after Liberation
Author: Jonathan Fisher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108494277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
A novel, far-reaching analysis of contemporary history and politics in East Africa, focusing on the crisis in the region's postcolonial political order.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108494277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
A novel, far-reaching analysis of contemporary history and politics in East Africa, focusing on the crisis in the region's postcolonial political order.
African Military Politics in the Sahel
Author: Katharina P. W. Döring
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009362259
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Based on extensive empirical research, Katharina P.W. Döring analyses the politics surrounding military deployments in the Sahel since 2012 and stresses the agency of regional organizations in African-led military interventions. Drawing on insights from critical geography, she considers the role that space plays in the power dynamics of the region.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009362259
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Based on extensive empirical research, Katharina P.W. Döring analyses the politics surrounding military deployments in the Sahel since 2012 and stresses the agency of regional organizations in African-led military interventions. Drawing on insights from critical geography, she considers the role that space plays in the power dynamics of the region.