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A dam for Africa : Akosombo stories from Ghana / Stephan F. Miescher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miescher, Stephan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Volta River Project (Ghana)--History.
- Volta River Project (Ghana).
- Dams--Ghana--Volta River Valley.
- Dams.
- Water resources development--Ghana--Volta River Valley.
- Water resources development.
- Electric power production--Ghana.
- Electric power production.
- Akosombo Dam (Ghana)--History.
- Akosombo Dam (Ghana).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 572 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Volta River Project
- The Volta River Project and the Promise of Modernization
- "Nkrumah's Baby": Negotiating and Building Akosombo
- The Volta Aluminum Company
- VALCO
- Working on VALCO's American Island
- Settlements of Modernization
- "No One Should Be Worse Off": Resettlement
- Building the City of the Future
- Power Struggles
- Waiting for Light: Stories of Rural Electrification
- Electricity Politics, Droughts, Self-Help
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 15, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Miescher, Stephan. Dam for Africa
- ISBN:
- 9780253059963
- 0253059968
- 9780253059987
- 0253059984
- Publisher Number:
- 40031216714
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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