Gold Coast Diaries
Subtitle: Chronicles of Political Officers in West Africa
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: February 3, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781860644511
Subjects: African history: from c 1900 -; Biography: general; Colonization & independence; Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Imperialism; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Ghana; Biography & Autobiography; History - General History; Biography/Autobiography; Great Britain; Emigration & Immigration; General; History / Africa; Colonial administrators; To 1957; Historical - General; Diaries; History
First sentence: Until 1854 the British colonies were administered by the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, but due to the increasing number of colonies and protectorates being acquired, the department was split and the Colonial Office was born.