03330nam 2200709 a 450 991045759520332120200520144314.01-282-07255-297866120725500-253-11154-4(CKB)1000000000362358(EBL)268939(OCoLC)475995081(SSID)ssj0000153508(PQKBManifestationID)11159198(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153508(PQKBWorkID)10405361(PQKB)10880791(MiAaPQ)EBC268939(OCoLC)71316960(MdBmJHUP)muse16702(Au-PeEL)EBL268939(CaPaEBR)ebr10137803(CaONFJC)MIL207255(EXLCZ)99100000000036235820050418d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFarmers and the state in colonial Kano[electronic resource] land tenure and the legal imagination /Steven PierceBloomington Indiana University Pressc20051 online resource (281 p.)Based on author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Michigan.0-253-34661-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-257) and index.Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; NOTE ON ORTHOGRAPHY; Introduction; 1. Land and Government in Kano; 2. Gandu and the Semantic Imagination; 3. Inventing Land Tenure; Part 2. Looking Like a State; 4. Succession and Secrecy; 5. Litigation and the Public; 6. Representation through Taxation; 7. The Governing Fetish; GLOSSARY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXIn Farmers and the State in Colonial Kano, 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 was the means the colonial government used to rule the local population and extract taxes from them, but it was also a political logic with a fundamental flaw and a Land tenureNigeriaKanoHistoryLand tenureGovernment policyNigeriaKanoHistoryLand tenureLaw and legislationNigeriaKanoHistoryLand use, RuralGovernment policyNigeriaKanoHistoryFarmersNigeriaKanoEconomic conditionsAgriculture and stateNigeriaKanoGreat BritainColoniesAfricaElectronic books.Land tenureHistory.Land tenureGovernment policyHistory.Land tenureLaw and legislationHistory.Land use, RuralGovernment policyHistory.FarmersEconomic conditions.Agriculture and state306.3/49/0966978Pierce Steven1968-943231MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457595203321Farmers and the state in colonial Kano2128798UNINA01503nam 2200421Ia 450 991069888010332120090507123104.0(CKB)5470000002397062(OCoLC)320454892(EXLCZ)99547000000239706220090507d2009 ua 0engurmn||||a||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAn index to PGE-Ni-Cr deposits and occurrences in selected mineral-occurrence databases[electronic resource] /by J. Douglas Causey, John P. Galloway, and Michael L. ZientekReston, Va. :U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey,2009.iii, 16 pages : $b digital, PDF fileOpen-file report ;2009-1045Title from PDF title screen (viewed May 7, 2009).Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-16).Prostaglandins EDatabasesNickelDatabasesChromiumDatabasesProstaglandins ENickelChromiumCausey J. Douglas1405179Galloway John P1423184Zientek Michael L1391900Geological Survey (U.S.)GPOGPOBOOK9910698880103321An index to PGE-Ni-Cr deposits and occurrences in selected mineral-occurrence databases3549903UNINA