Title: El Dorado in West Africa
First published: 1998
Description: El Dorado in West Africa explores the first modern gold rush of Ghana in all its dimensions - land, labor, capital, traditional African mining, technology, transport, management, the clash of cultures, and colonial rule. The rich tapestry of events is textured with unexpected ironies and paradoxes.

Professor Dumett tells the story of the expatriate-led gold boom of 1875-1900 against the background of colonial capitalism. Through the use of field interviews, he also brings to light the expansion of a parallel "African gold-mining frontier," which outpaced the expatriate mining sector.
Subjects: History, Gold miners, Gold mines and mining, Capitalism, Ghana, history, Gold mines and mining, africa
Places: Ghana
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: HD9536.G5 D86 1998