Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by CARTLAND, G. B.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

African Affairs 46:89-97 (1947)
© The Royal African Society

The Gold Coast—An Historical Approach

G. B. CARTLAND

This article represents the basis of a lecture at the Royal Empire Society on the 26 February, with Sir Cosmo Parkinson in the chair. Mr. Carltand is a member of the Gold Coast Administration seconded to the Colonial Office. He prefaced his remarks on the main factors in the life of the Gold Coast with an account of earlier history, from the Portuguese in the 15th century to the present day. In the immediate past he detected four major phases: the Government of Captain Maclean, representing the London Committee of Merchants, between 1828-42; the period of the 1890's, when cocoa was introduced, and gold mining begun; the period after the 1914 war and the governorship of Sir Gordon Guggisberg, when Takoradi Harbour, Achimota College, and the hospital at Korle Bu were all built; and the present period, which may be the greatest of all.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.