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Economy and Health in the Gold Coast, 1902–1957

SAMUEL ADU-GYAMFI and RICHARD OWARE
African Economic History, January 2020, 47 (2) 12-44; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.47.2.12
SAMUEL ADU-GYAMFI
Samuel Adu-Gyamfi (), Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
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Richard Oware (), Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.
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vol. 47 no. 2 12-44
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.47.2.12
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African Economic History
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0145-2258
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2163-9108
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  • Published online January 3, 2020.
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  1. SAMUEL ADU-GYAMFI and
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  1. Samuel Adu-Gyamfi (mcgyamfi{at}yahoo.com), Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
  2. Richard Oware (richardoware18{at}gmail.com), Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.
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    • Introduction
    • Health and Wellbeing in the Gold Coast by the Turn of the Twentieth Century
    • Colonial Public Health Measures in Accra
    • Colonial Concerns for Public Health in Asante
    • Economy and Health in Kumase and Accra during the Colonial Period
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