A dam for Africa : (Record no. 8444)
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| LC control number | 2021045408 |
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| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0253059968 |
| Qualifying information | electronic book |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780253059987 |
| Qualifying information | electronic book |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0253059984 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780253059963 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9780253059970 |
| Qualifying information | hardcover |
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| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9780253059956 |
| Qualifying information | paperback |
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| System control number | 3325826 |
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| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)1268545748 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION | |
| Stock number | 22573/ctv2pzxrj3 |
| Source of stock number/acquisition | JSTOR |
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| 050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | TC558.G62 |
| Item number | A436 2022 |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | HIS |
| Subject category code subdivision | 001050 |
| Source | bisacsh |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 627/.809667 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | MAIN |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Miescher, Stephan, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20738 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A dam for Africa : |
| Remainder of title | Akosombo stories from Ghana / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Stephan F. Miescher. |
| 264 #1 - | |
| -- | Bloomington, Indiana : |
| -- | Indiana University Press, |
| -- | [2022] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (xxi, 572 pages) : |
| Other physical details | illustrations, maps |
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| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction -- The Volta River Project -- The Volta River Project and the Promise of Modernization -- "Nkrumah's Baby": Negotiating and Building Akosombo -- The Volta Aluminum Company -- VALCO -- Working on VALCO's American Island -- Settlements of Modernization -- "No One Should Be Worse Off": Resettlement -- Building the City of the Future -- Power Struggles -- Waiting for Light: Stories of Rural Electrification -- Electricity Politics, Droughts, Self-Help -- Epilogue. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Since its construction in the early 1960s, the hydroelectric Akosombo Dam across the Volta River has become one of the most controversial sites in Ghana. Drawing upon a wealth of sources, A Dam for Africa tells in detail for the first time the story of this dam that has so profoundly helped and hurt a nation for 60 years. A rock-filled embankment dam, Akosombo stands 370 feet high and on its crest runs 2,100 feet long. It was the keystone of the Volta River Project, which included a large manmade lake 250 miles long, the VALCO aluminum smelter, new cities and towns, a deep-sea harbor, and an electrical grid. On the local level, Akosombo meant access to electricity for people in urban areas across southern Ghana. For others, Akosombo inflicted tremendous social and environmental costs. The dam altered the ecology of the Lower Volta, displaced 80,000 people in the Volta Basin, and impacted the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Ghanaians. In A Dam for Africa, historian Stephan Miescher explores the three narratives that weave together around Akosombo: the international efforts of the American aluminum industry in building the dam and benefiting from it through subsidizing the VALCO aluminum smelter, the Ghanaian nation-wide drive toward electrification, and the many local stories of upheaval and devastation in the 52 resettlement towns, where those in the Lower Volta remain bitter about failed promises, state neglect, and ecological changes"-- |
| -- | Provided by publisher. |
| 588 ## - | |
| -- | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 15, 2022). |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Added to collection customer.56279.3 |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Volta River Project (Ghana) |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20739 |
| 610 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Volta River Project (Ghana) |
| Source of heading or term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20740 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Dams |
| Geographic subdivision | Ghana |
| -- | Volta River Valley. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20741 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Water resources development |
| Geographic subdivision | Ghana |
| -- | Volta River Valley. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20742 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Electric power production |
| Geographic subdivision | Ghana. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20743 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Akosombo Dam (Ghana) |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20744 |
| 650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Barrages |
| Geographic subdivision | Gh�ana |
| -- | Volta, Vall�ee de la. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20745 |
| 650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Ressources en eau |
| General subdivision | Exploitation |
| Geographic subdivision | Gh�ana |
| -- | Volta, Vall�ee de la. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20746 |
| 650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | �Electricit�e |
| General subdivision | Production |
| Geographic subdivision | Gh�ana. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20747 |
| 651 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Akosombo Dam (Gh�ana) |
| General subdivision | Histoire. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20748 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | HISTORY / Africa / West |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7388 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Dams |
| Source of heading or term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20749 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Electric power production |
| Source of heading or term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20750 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Water resources development |
| Source of heading or term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 17587 |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Ghana |
| Source of heading or term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 10786 |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Ghana |
| Geographic subdivision | Akosombo Dam |
| Source of heading or term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20751 |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Ghana |
| Geographic subdivision | Volta River Valley |
| Source of heading or term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20752 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | History |
| Source of term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 3689 |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Miescher, Stephan. |
| Title | Dam for Africa |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022] |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780253059970 |
| Record control number | (DLC) 2021045407 |
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