Ghana: a country study

by Berry, LaVerle Bennette

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Title Statements

Full title :Ghana : a country study / Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by LaVerle Berry.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995
Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O
Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995

Notes

"Research completed November 1994."

Supercedes the 1971 ed. of Ghana : a country study, coauthored by Irving Kaplan [and others].

The Physical Object

Description:xxxix, 382 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0844408352, 9780844408354
oclc:ocm32508385
LC Classification:DT510
Dewey Decimal:966.7

The precolonial period -- Arrival of the Europeans. Early European contact and the slave trade ; Britain and the Gold Coast: the early years -- The colonial era: British rule of the Gold Coast. Colonial administration ; Economic and social development -- The growth of nationalism and the end of colonial rule. Early manifestations of nationalism ; The politics of the independence movements -- Independent Ghana. Nkrumah, Ghana, and Africa ; The growth of opposition to Nkrumah -- The fall of the Nkrumah regime and its aftermath. The national liberation council and the Busia years, 1966-71 ; The national redemption council years, 1972-79 -- Ghana and the Rawlings era. The second coming of Rawlings: The first six years, 1982-87 ; The district assemblies -- Physical setting. Location and size ; Geographical regions ; rivers and lakes ; climate -- Population. Population distribution ; Urban-rural disparities ; Family planning -- Ethnic groups and languages. Language diversity ; major ethnic groups -- Social organization and social change. Traditional patterns of social relations ; Social change ; Urban society ; The position of women -- Religion and society. Christianity and Islam in Gha…