African miracle, African mirage : transnational politics and the paradox of modernization in Ivory Coast / Abou B. Bamba.

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.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2016]

Summary:

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

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 and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780821445822

0821445820

OCLC:

970613062