Closing the books : Governor Edward Carstensen on Danish Guinea, 1842-50 / translated from the Danish by Tove Storsveen ; introduction by Per Herns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carstensen, Edward, 1815-1898.

Contributor:

Storsveen, Tove.

University of Ghana, Content Provider.

Series:

University of Ghana readers Current challenges with their evolving solutions in surgical practice in West Africa

Standardized Title:

Guvernor Edward Carstensens indberetninger fra Guinea, 1842-1850. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carstensen, Edward, 1815-1898--Diaries.

Carstensen, Edward.

Colonial administrators--Ghana--Diaries.

Colonial administrators.

Colonial administrators--Denmark--Diaries.

Ghana--History--Danish Settlements, 1659-1850--Sources.

Ghana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (452 p.)

Place of Publication:

Legon, Accra, Ghana : Sub-Saharan Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sitting on the terrace of the royal plantation Frederiks gave, his favourite retreat, Governor Edward Carstensen came to see the inevitable: Denmark had to give up her ìpossessionsî in Africa. As fate would have it, he came to be the instrument by which two centuries of Danish involvement on the Gold Coast was terminated, thereby making way for the emergence of the colonial system that developed there. After the abolition of the slave trade, Denmark had struggled to find ways and means to legitimate her continued stay at the Coast. At an early stage the Danes initiated a number of attempts to establish experimental plantations to cultivate export crops such as cotton, coffee and sugar. But a transition from slave trade to legitimate products required stability and peace, and a need for control, which the rather limited Danish presence was not able to maintain. Closing the Books comprises a compilation of the official reports that the last Danish Governor sent home during his term of office at the Gold Coast. The reports reflect his personal views regarding the economic and political situations there, as well as his ideas on the civilization of Africa.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CLOSING THE BOOKS. Governor Edward Carstensen's Official Reports on Danish Guinea 1842-50; PLATES & MAPS; INDEX; Back Cover

Notes:

Translation of: Guvernr Edward Carstensens indberetninger fra Guinea, 1842-1850, issued by Georg Nrregard, 1964.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613005229

9781283005227

1283005220

9789988647391

9988647395

9789988647889

9988647883

9789988647766

998864776X

OCLC:

830165215