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

By: Grischow, Jeff D. (Jeff Douglas), 1965-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: African social studies series ; v. 14.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, 2006Description: xii, 264 p. : ill., mapsOther title: Civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957Subject(s): Civil society -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century | Community development -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century | Ghana -- Economic conditions -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 307.1/409667 LOC classification: JQ3036 | .G74 2006Online resources: Click to View
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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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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