Dam for Africa
Dam for Africa
Akosombo Stories from Ghana
Miescher, Stephan F.
Indiana University Press
07/2022
598
Mole
Inglês
9780253059956
15 a 20 dias
748
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Acknowledgment
List of Abbreviations
Prologue
Introduction
Part I. The Volta River Project
1. The Volta Project and the Promise of Modernization
2. "Nkrumah's Baby": Realizing Akosombo within the Cold War
Part II. The Volta Aluminium Company
3. Volta Aluminium Company: A U.S. Outpost in West Africa
4. Working on VALCO's American Island
Part III. Settlements of Modernization
5. "No One Should Be Worse Off": Resettlement
6. Building the City of the Future
Part IV. Power Struggles
7. Waiting for Light: Stories of Rural Electrification
8. Electricity Politics, Droughts, Self-Help
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
List of Abbreviations
Prologue
Introduction
Part I. The Volta River Project
1. The Volta Project and the Promise of Modernization
2. "Nkrumah's Baby": Realizing Akosombo within the Cold War
Part II. The Volta Aluminium Company
3. Volta Aluminium Company: A U.S. Outpost in West Africa
4. Working on VALCO's American Island
Part III. Settlements of Modernization
5. "No One Should Be Worse Off": Resettlement
6. Building the City of the Future
Part IV. Power Struggles
7. Waiting for Light: Stories of Rural Electrification
8. Electricity Politics, Droughts, Self-Help
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Akosombo Dam; Ghana; hydroelectric dams; waterways in Africa; VALCO; resettlement; ecological change; aluminum industry; international relations
Acknowledgment
List of Abbreviations
Prologue
Introduction
Part I. The Volta River Project
1. The Volta Project and the Promise of Modernization
2. "Nkrumah's Baby": Realizing Akosombo within the Cold War
Part II. The Volta Aluminium Company
3. Volta Aluminium Company: A U.S. Outpost in West Africa
4. Working on VALCO's American Island
Part III. Settlements of Modernization
5. "No One Should Be Worse Off": Resettlement
6. Building the City of the Future
Part IV. Power Struggles
7. Waiting for Light: Stories of Rural Electrification
8. Electricity Politics, Droughts, Self-Help
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
List of Abbreviations
Prologue
Introduction
Part I. The Volta River Project
1. The Volta Project and the Promise of Modernization
2. "Nkrumah's Baby": Realizing Akosombo within the Cold War
Part II. The Volta Aluminium Company
3. Volta Aluminium Company: A U.S. Outpost in West Africa
4. Working on VALCO's American Island
Part III. Settlements of Modernization
5. "No One Should Be Worse Off": Resettlement
6. Building the City of the Future
Part IV. Power Struggles
7. Waiting for Light: Stories of Rural Electrification
8. Electricity Politics, Droughts, Self-Help
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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