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Globalizing City: The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra, Ghana

Globalizing City: The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra, Ghana Hardback - 2009

by Richard Grant

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Hardback. New. Drawing on ten years of empirical research in Accra, Ghana's capital city, this book shows how this African metropolis is as deeply transformed by globalization as the cities of other world regions. It examines how foreign companies, returned expatriates, and native Ghanaians foster globalization on multiple levels.
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  • Title Globalizing City: The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra, Ghana
  • Author Richard Grant
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Syracuse University Press, Syracuse
  • Date 2009-02-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780815631729
  • ISBN 9780815631729 / 0815631723
  • Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.35 x 6.29 x 0.72 in (23.75 x 15.98 x 1.83 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: West Africa
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: African
  • Library of Congress subjects Urbanization - Ghana - Accra, Accra (Ghana) - Economic conditions
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008046644
  • Dewey Decimal Code 307.760

From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Media reviews

Citations

  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 05/15/2009, Page 19
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2009, Page 140

About the author

Richard Grant is associate professor of geography at the University of Miami. He is coeditor of The Global Crisis in Foreign Aid, also published by Syracuse University Press.

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