| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 14 |
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African social studies series ; v. 14.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
Using Northern Ghana as a case study, this book challenges the invocation of civil society as a tool for building community in the name of development. Far from equating civil society with community, colonial officials used the doctrine of community against African civil society. For colonial officers, civil society represented the corruption of authentic development, which could be avoided only by protecting traditional peasant communities in the face of economic transformation. The book charts this colonial program, from the creation of native states in the early twentieth century to an ambitious agricultural mechanisation scheme in the late 1940s. In its challenge to current writing on civil society, the study offers an important contribution to African history and development studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Civil society -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century
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Community development -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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Civil society
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Community development
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Economic history
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Burgermaatschappij.
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Politieke ontwikkeling.
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| SUBJECT |
Ghana -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Ghana
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Ghana.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047410232 |
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9047410238 |
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1281400165 |
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9781281400161 |
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9786611400163 |
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6611400168 |
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