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Village Work : Development and Rural Statecraft in Twentieth-Century Ghana /

"Combining oral histories with decades of archival material, Village Work formulates a sweeping history of twentieth-century statecraft that centers on the daily work of rural people, local officials, and family networks, rather than on the national governments and large-scale plans that often...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wiemers, Alice, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Villages and States in Twentieth-Century Ghana
  • Labor, Chieftaincy, and Colonial Statecraft
  • Statecraft and Village Development in "Nkrumah's Time"
  • Labor and Statecraft in a Chiefly Family
  • Improvising Government in the Granary of Ghana: 1966-1981
  • Project Village: Government by Village Work, 1982-1992
  • Conclusion.