The devil we know: Gold coast consumers, local employees, and the United Africa Company, 1940-1960

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 317-355

  Murillo, Bianca ^a  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79957993570     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khq106     Document Type: Article

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