Shaping tradition : civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957 / by Jeff D. Grischow

Author: Grischow, Jeff D. (Jeff Douglas), 1965-
Additional Titles: Civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957
Published: Leiden ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, 2006.
Physical Description: xii, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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Series

African social studies series ; v. 14.

Contents

Civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957 -- From developing the estates to preserving the peasantry: development in the northern territories, 1895-1919 -- Corruptions of development and the "steep slope of civilisation", 1919-1933 -- Developing community: land, native administration and direct taxation, 1928-1936 -- Overpopulation, depopulation and the loss of productive power: development in the Zuarungu and Lawra-Tumu districts, 1935-44 -- Questioning mixed farming, tsetse eradication and indirect rule, 1940-1949 -- Land planning, local government and party politics, 1940-1957 -- Mechanised agriculture and community development, 1948-1957.

Subject(s)

Civil society—Ghana—History—20th century
Community development—Ghana—History—20th century
Burgermaatschappij
Politieke ontwikkeling
Ghana—Economic conditions—20th century
Ghana

ISBN

9004152431 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9789004152434 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-254) and index.

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