From head-loading to the iron horse: railway building in colonial Ghana and the origins of tropical development
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| adam_text | Table
of
Contents
List of Tables
.....................................................................
vii
List of Maps and Figures
.........................................................viii
Introduction
.......................................................................ix
Parti
..............................................................................1
Chapter
1:
A Slow Beginning,
1879-1895................................. 3
Chapter
2:
The Development of the Western Line,
1895-1912........ 13
Governor Maxwell and the Malayan Paradigm of Tropical
Development
............ 14
Construction of the Sekondi—Tarhva Line
..........................................18
The Tarkwa—Kumasi Extension
....................................................18
The Kumasi Railway and Ashanti Politics
......................................... 21
The Mining Companies and Construction of Branch Lines
...........................22
Polig
Implications of the Western
Une
............................................. 23
Chapter
3:
The Eastern line and the Development of Lighterage
Ports,
1904-1918.................................................................33
Sir]ohn Rodger and the
Rearticulation
of the Tropical Malayan Paradigm
.......... 33
The Construction of the Accra—Mangoase
Une
..................................... 34
The Mangoase—
Kof
oridua—
Tafo
Extensions
....................................... 36
The Mount Ejuamena Bauxite Deposits and the Proposed Tafo—Kumasi
Extension
...........................................................................36
The Development ofUghterage Ports
................................................37
The Eastern
Une
and Port Developments in
Context
.......................................................................................... 39
Chapter
4:
Post-War Expansion
-
The Ten-Year Development Plan
(1920-1930).......................................................................47
Post-War Reconstrurtion in Britain and the Notion of Colonial
Development
........................................................................47
Governor Guggisberg: The Ten-Year Development Plan and Takoradi
Harbour.
............................................................................49
Railways and Roads
................................................................ 54
hi
Partii
..............................................................................63
Chapter
5:
The Recruitment of Construction Workers and Colonial
Labour Policy
....................................................................65
Recruitment for the Sekondi-Kumasi Line,
1898-1903.......................... 65
Recruitment for Railways and Lighterage Ports,
1905-1918...................... 70
The Post-War Labour Problems
.....................................................71
Chapter
6:
The Acquisition of Railway and Harbour Land and Colonial
Land Policy
......................................................................77
General Problems of Land Acquisition in Railway Construction
................... 77
The Gold Coast Land Act
1876
and the Railways
................................. 78
The
1876
Land Act and Commercial Developments
................................ 81
The Problems of Land Acquisition at Takoradi
......................................83
Total Land Owned by the Railway and Harbours
.................................. 86
Chapter
7:
Railway Investment and Colonial Financial Policy
.......91
Chapter
8:
The Management System, Personnel and Labour
Relations
..........................................................................99
Labour. Managerial, Technical and Unskilled
.......................................102
Workers
Grievances and Labour Relations
......................................... 109
Chapter
9:
Operational Problems and Issues
..............................121
Safety and Maintenance
............................................................. 121
Tariff
Polig.........................................................................124
Administrative Actions
............................................................. 130
Effideng
............................................................................133
Profitability
....................................................................139
Partili
.............................................. ......................142
Chapter
10:
The Economic and Social Impact of the Railways
........143
The Scale of Railway Innovation
.....................................................144
Backward Linkages: A Stimulus for the Gold Coast Economy or Markets for the
Metropolitan Industries?.
............................................................................... 145
Forward Linkages: Production for Domestic Needs or Extraction of Raw Materials for
Metropolitan Industries?.
................................................................................ 149
iv
Chapter
11:
Railways: Commerce and Crafts, Urbanisation and Public
Health
.............................................................................177
Commerce and Crafts
............................................................... 177
Urbanisation and Public Health
.................................................... 181
Chapter
12:
Railways and Economic Development: The Gold Coast
Experience in the Global Context
...........................................187
Implications fir Building a Better Future fir the Tropics
............................ 195
Notes
..............................................................................203
Bibliography
.....................................................................231
Jliis
study provides important and relevant lessons in international
development and is recommended for those working in this field.
DENNIS
TREWIN. FORMER AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT S CHIEF
STATISTICIAN IS CONSULTANT TO THE FORTHCOMING STATE OF THE
TROPICS REPORT SERIES
This book is a must for anybody interested in development policy and practice in
Africa and elsewhere
DR AIO KWAMENA
ΟΝΟΜΑ,
DEPARTMENT
OF POLITICAL SCIENCE VALE UNIVERSITY, USA
International
development has its origins in the histories ot nineteenth and earl}
twentieth-century European colonisation. What happens when a leading colonial
power decides to transform a model tropical colon}·, relying on head-loading of goods
as the predominant torm ot transport, into a modern market economy on the back
ot the greatest British industrial ingenuity ot the time
-
railways? In this meticulously
researched book, Komla Tsey brings to light the historical origins ot a wide ransje ot issues
confronting present-da}· international development researchers and policy-makers, such
as technology transfer, wealth creation versus equity ot access, and ways to evaluate
the benefits ot development work, especially across cultures. In the context ot the early
twenty-tirst-centurv international investment interests in resource-rich Africa, Tsey
argues, torensic historical research is required to determine the precise nature and scale
ot the financial and humanitarian injustices committed bv British colonialists during the
construction ot major public works projects. More than providing opportunities to take
possible legal actions tor reparations, this research should also serve as a reminder to
present-day African policy-makers and their international and local business partners
that the injustices and blatant abuses ot power ot the past should never be repeated.
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Australia, researching and learning about health and well-being, mainlv with Aboriginal
orgam/ations and communities. He continues to undertake longitudinal studies ot community
development proiects in Ghana. Komla lias
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