RT Book, Whole DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 38120523 LA English T1 El Dorado in West Africa : the gold-mining frontier, African labor, and colonial capitalism in the Gold Coast, 1875-1900 A1 Dumett, Raymond E. PB Ohio University Press ; J. Currey PP Athens; Oxford YR 1998 SN 0821411977 9780821411971 0821411985 9780821411988 0852557698 9780852557693 085255768X 9780852557686 AB "El Dorado in West Africa explores the first modern gold rush of Ghana in all its dimensions - land, labor, capital, traditional African mining, technology, transport, management, the clash of cultures, and colonial rule. The rich tapestry of events is textured with unexpected ironies and paradoxes." "Professor Dumett tells the story of the expatriate-led gold boom of 1875-1900 against the background of colonial capitalism. Through the use of field interviews, he also brings to light the expansion of a parallel "African gold-mining frontier," which outpaced the expatriate mining sector."--BOOK JACKET.