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African miracle, African mirage : transnational politics and the paradox of modernization in Ivory Coast / Abou B. Bamba.
Lippincott Library HC1025 .B36 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bamba, Abou B., 1972- author.
- Series:
- New African histories series
- New African histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--Côte d'Ivoire.
- Economic development.
- History.
- Economic conditions.
- International economic relations.
- Côte d'Ivoire--Foreign economic relations--United States.
- Côte d'Ivoire.
- Côte d'Ivoire--Foreign economic relations--France.
- United States--Foreign economic relations--Côte d'Ivoire.
- United States.
- France--Foreign economic relations--Côte d'Ivoire.
- France.
- Côte d'Ivoire--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Côte d'Ivoire--History--20th century.
- Economic history.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 297 pages: illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part One: The postwar years
- Becoming an attractive colony
- Triangulating colonial modernization
- Part Two: The decade of development
- (Re)framing postcolonial development
- Energizing the economic miracle
- Tapping the riches of a "backward" region
- Part Three: The fate of modernization
- Investing in modernization's last frontier
- Crushing dreams of modernity
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-290) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821422380
- 0821422383
- 9780821422397
- 0821422391
- OCLC:
- 950445945
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