Making the Town

Ga State and Society in Early Colonial Ghana

AvJohn Parker

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

A social history of a West African urban community during colonialism.The focus is centered on town politics and the ways in which the Ga political action shaped Accra's transition from pre-colonial city-state to colonial port city.North America: Heinemann

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-01-01
Mått:142 x 227 x 17 mm
Vikt:512 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Social History of Africa
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:James Currey
ISBN:9780852556436

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... an outstanding piece of scholarship, constructed with the art of a storyteller, its complex and many-layered text weaving together changing Ga values, institutions and perception within the context of the colonial city of Accra... . Scholars of early colonial Africa and the period of transition to colonial rule, as well as those interested in the processes of urbanisation and cultural innovation, will find this a worthy addition to the library, as will any historian or social scientist who likes a well crafted and erudite text. The complexities of Ga socio-polity are intimidating, but Parker does fashion his tale into a good read. I warmly recommend it.

Innehållsförteckning

Making the town; state and society in pre-colonial Accra; defending the town - warfare, wealth and civic virtue, 1866-74; law, slavery and colonial rule, 1874-1880; law, slavery and colonial rule, 1874-1880; God's palaver - religion and politics, 18602-1920s; remaking the town - struggles for the colonial city.