TY - BOOK AU - Grischow,Jeff D. TI - Shaping tradition: civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957 SN - 9004152431 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - DT 510.45 K61 PY - 2006/// CY - Leiden, Boston [Mass.] PB - Brill KW - Civil society KW - Ghana KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Community development KW - Economic conditions N1 - 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 ER -