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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: African social studies series ; v. 14Publication details: Leiden ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, 2006.Description: xii, 264 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9004152431 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9789004152434
Other title:
  • Civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT 510.45 K61
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.
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Books Books SDD-UBIDS Library General Stacks DT 510.45 K61 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available WA-041704000529

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

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.

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