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Author Grischow, Jeff D. (Jeff Douglas), 1965-

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

Imprint Leiden ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, 2006.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 264 p. : ill., maps.
Series African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 14
African social studies series ; v. 14.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-254) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Civil society -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century.
Community development -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century.
Ghana -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957
ISBN 9004152431 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9789004152434
9789047410232

 
    
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