Corruptions of development in the countryside of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, 1927-57

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 139-158

  Grischow, Jeff ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; COLONIALISM; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

GHANA;

EID: 0032461457     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066159808438697     Document Type: Article

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