Chapter
Preface to the First Edition By Robin Cohen
MEU General Strike Poster, 1954
AGC Anti-Strike Leaflet, 1955–56
1. A Conceptual Framework for African Labour History
Labour Control and Labour Resistance
Strategies of Control and Modes of Resistance
The Structure of Conflict in Ghana's Gold Mines
Towards a History of the African Working Class
2. The Labour Question and the Contradictions of Control, 1870–1906
The Origins of the Labour Question, 1810–1900
Resistance and the Labour Question 1870–1900
The Origins of the Labour Force, 1870–1900
The Contradictions of Labour Control, 1900–1906
3. From Labour Shortage to Labour Surplus: The Recruitment and Control of a Migrant Labour Force, 1906–1930
The Northern Territories Labour Experiment, 1906–1909
The Chamber of Mines and the 'South African Solution', 1909–1912
Supply and Demand in the Gold Coast Labour Market, 1912–1917
The Post-War Labour Crisis, 1918–1920
Coercive Recruitment in the North, 1921–1925
Resistance, Migration, and Underdevelopment, 1925–1930
4. The Growth of Consciousness and the Organization of Resistance, 1930–1947
Discontent and the Dynamics of Resistance, 1930–1937
Responses to Resistance, 1937–1944
Unionization and the First General Mines Strike, 1944–1947
5. Worker Militancy And Union Response, 1947–1956
Mining Capital and the MHU under Pressure, 1947–1950
Conflict in the Workplace, 1950–1954
Union Militancy and the Second General Mines Strike, 1954–1956
6. Union Atrophy and worker Revolt: The CPP period, 1956–1966
The Mine Workers' Union and the Political Economy of Independence, 1956–1960
The MWU and the Political Economy of CPP Rule, 1961–1964
Party Penetration and the Destruction of Union Authority, 1964–1966
7. Union Atrophy and worker revolt under Military and civilian regimes, 1966–1980
The Revolt Against Authority, 1968–1971
Reform and Revolt: Mine Worker Resistance, 1971–1980
8. The Limits of Militancy: Mine worker Resistance and Political Change in ghana
The Roots of Mine Worker Militancy
The Sources of Mine Worker Solidarity
Mine Worker Consciousness and its Limitations
The Mine Workers, Trade Unionism, and Political Change
Bibliography of Sources Cited
The Story of an African Working Class
：Ghanaian Miners' Struggles 1870-1980
( 2 )
Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.
