An African Road Revolution: The Gold Coast in the Period of the Great War

Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Wrangham, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1042287021     PISSN: 03086534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03086530410001705494     Document Type: Article

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