Business of decolonization. British business strategies in the Gold Coast
Details:
- Author(s) Stockwell, Sarah
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2000
- Pages 265pp
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Place Published Oxford
Topics:
- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
Countries:
- Ghana
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Examines the experience of British companies at the end of empire in the Gold Coast, their response to political change, and their involvement in British policy making. Comprises the following chapters: 1] 'British business and the Gold Coast Colonial State on the eve of decolonization'; 2] 'Nationalism and British business'; 3] 'Strategies for decolonization. Constitutional change and the campaign for business representation'; 4] 'Strategies for decolonization. The mercantile and service sector'; 5] 'Strategies for decolonization. The mining companies'; 6] 'British business in British strategies for decolonization in the Gold Coast'. Businesses covered at length are Ashanti Goldfields Corp Ltd; Cadbury Brothers Ltd; and United Africa Co Ltd [and Unilever]. Others include Elder Dempster Co Ltd, Barclays Bank (DCO), Bank of West Africa