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The Politics of Chieftaincy : Authority and Property in Colonial Ghana, 1920-1950 /
Documents the profound societal changes that occurred in Accra, the capital city of the Gold Coast colony (modern Ghana), during the peak decades of British colonial rule, 1920-1950.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : contesting space and authority in a colonial capital
- Situating Ga institutions in the European colonial milieu
- Land legislation, commodification, and effects in Accra
- Negotiating chieftaincy, the Ga stool, and colonial intervention
- Succession disputes, the Ga state council, and the future of chieftaincy
- Contesting property in Accra and its periurban locales
- Conclusion.