Farmers and the state in colonial Kano : land tenure and the legal imagination /

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Steven Pierce examines issues surrounding the colonial state and the distribution of state power in northern Nigeria. Here, Pierce deconstructs the colonial state and offers a unique reading of land tenure that challenges earlier views of the role of indirect rule. According to Pierce, land tenure w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pierce, Steven, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, Ã2005.
Subjects:
Land tenure > Nigeria > Kano > History.
Land tenure > Government policy > Nigeria > Kano > History.
Land tenure > Law and legislation > Nigeria > Kano > History.
Land use, Rural > Government policy > Nigeria > Kano > History.
Farmers > Nigeria > Kano > Economic conditions.
Agriculture and state > Nigeria > Kano.
Utilisation agricole du sol > Politique gouvernementale > Nigeria > Kano > Histoire.
Politique agricole > Nigeria > Kano.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Agriculture and state
British colonies
Farmers > Economic conditions
Land tenure
Land tenure > Government policy
Land tenure > Law and legislation
Land use, Rural > Government policy
Grundeigentum
Kolonialverwaltung
Great Britain > Colonies > Africa.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Afrique.
Africa
Nigeria > Kano
Emirat Kano
Groḃritannien
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Land and government in Kano
  • Gandu and the semantic imagination
  • Inventing land tenure
  • Succession and secrecy
  • Litigation and the public
  • Representation through taxation
  • The governing fetish.

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