Market Encounters
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Author | : Bianca Murillo |
Publisher | : New African Histories |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : 0821422898 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780821422892 |
Rating | : 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Market Encounters by : Bianca Murillo
Book excerpt: Introduction: Consuming histories and creating economies -- A door "wide open" imagining Gold Coast markets -- "We cannot afford to be fooled." African intermediaries on shifting commercial terrain -- "In time for independence." Kingsway Department Store, modernity, and the new nation -- "Shop window on the world." Ghana's first international trade fair and the politics of wealth and accumulation -- "Power to the people." Militarization of the market and the war against profiteers -- Afterword: From structural adjustment to shopping malls