| Edition |
[2nd ed.]. |
| Description |
1 online resource (388 pages) : map |
| Series |
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Note |
Originally published as 'Kwame Nkrumah: the political kingdom in the Third World' by I.B. Tauris, ©1988. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-379) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Map of Ghana in the 1960s; Preface; Introduction; Foreword to 2nd Edition; 1. Early Life; 2. London Interlude; 3. Secretary of The UGCC; 4. BIrth of The CPP; 5. Leader of Government Business; 6. Constitutional Changes; 7. The Economy and the World Stage; 8. Ashanti and the NLM; 9. The 1956 Election -- The Struggle Continues; 10. Independence; 11. Prime Minister 1957-60; 12. The Volta River Project; 13. Lurch to the Left; 14. The Socialist State; 15. Foreign Policy; 16. Denouement; 17. Retrospect; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
""The yearlong celebration of Ghana's Golden Jubilee provides a fitting context for the republication of the book Kwame Nkrumah: Vision and Tragedy. In the lead-up to the celebration and over the course of the year, the life and times of Kwame Nkrumah will receive unprecedented public attention, official and unofficial. Kwame Nkrumah's very wide name-recognition is, paradoxically, accompanied by sketchy, often oversimplified knowledge about the events and processes of his life and times. For most of those born after independence in 1957, such knowledge does not extend much beyond who Kwame Nkr. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost Biography Reference Center |
| Subject |
Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972.
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Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972. (OCoLC)fst00037593
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Nkrumah, Kwame.
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Ghana -- Politics and government -- 1957-1979.
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Presidents -- Ghana -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
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HISTORY / Africa / West.
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
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Ghana. (OCoLC)fst01208741
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| Chronological Term |
1957-1979
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Kwame Nkrumah : the political kingdom in the Third World
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rooney, David. Kwame Nkrumah : the political kingdom in the Third World. Kwame Nkrumah. [2nd ed.]. Accra, Ghana : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2007 (2010 printing) 9789988647605 (DLC) 2011348026 (OCoLC)749730311 |
| ISBN |
9789988647810 (electronic book) |
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9988647816 (electronic book) |
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9789988647605 |
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9988647603 |
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