The Ghanaian Factory Worker
Industrial Man in Africa

A pioneering study of the social aspects of industrialisation in a developing country in tropical Africa.

Margaret Peil (Author)

9780521100229, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 January 2009

272 pages
2.3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg

A pioneering study of the social aspects of industrialisation in a developing country in tropical Africa. Though industrial workers form a relatively small proportion of the Ghanaian population, they represent the 'modern' sector of the economy and industrial jobs are much sought after by school leavers. The occupational and migration histories, the work and home lives of these men and women are examined in the framework of current theories of modernity to demonstrate the effects of industrialisation in those countries where the process has not yet gone very far. This book surveys the field of industrialisation in Ghana and its effects through such other factors as migration. It provides a valuable comparison both with industrialisation elsewhere and with other aspects of African social life.

List of tables
List of maps
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The factories
3. Occupations
4. Job satisfaction
5. Migration
6. Urban living
7. Family ties
8. Ghanaian factory workers and modernity
Appendix: The interview schedule
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: General & world history [HBG]