Colonial government, social conflict and state involvement in African's open economies: The origins of the Ghana cocoa marketing board, 1939-46

Journal of African History

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 397-416

  Alence, Rod ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Economic; Ghana

Indexed keywords

COCOA; COLONIALISM; COMMODITY MARKET; ECONOMIC HISTORY; MARKETING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARTICLE; CACAO; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; GHANA; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CACAO; COLONIALISM; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; GHANA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MARKETING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

GHANA;

EID: 0035693520     PISSN: 00218537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021853701007952     Document Type: Article

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