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Cassandra Mark-Thiesen, Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial Capital: mechanized gold mining in the Gold Coast Colony, 1879–1909. Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press (hb US$110 – 978 1 58046 918 0). 2018, 230 pp.

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Cassandra Mark-Thiesen, Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial Capital: mechanized gold mining in the Gold Coast Colony, 1879–1909. Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press (hb US$110 – 978 1 58046 918 0). 2018, 230 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2020

Michael Kevane*
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Santa Clara [email protected]

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