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Globalizing city : the urban and economic transformation of Accra, Ghana / Richard Grant.
Van Pelt Library HN832.A65 G73 2009
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LIBRA HN832.A65 G73 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grant, Richard, 1964-
- Series:
- Space, place, and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--Ghana--Accra.
- Urbanization.
- Globalization.
- Accra (Ghana)--Economic conditions.
- Accra (Ghana).
- Globalization--Ghana--Accra.
- Ghana--Accra.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 187 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction : globalizing city
- Globalizing from above : foreign companies and corporate spaces
- Globalizing residential spaces : the spread of gated communities
- Globalizing from above and in between : the residential building boom
- In-between globalizing : returnees' networks and spaces
- Globalizing from below : slum dwellers in a globalizing city
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815631729
- 0815631723
- OCLC:
- 225870864
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