03013nam 2200709Ia 450 991082082600332120240416103436.00-7486-5296-51-280-95320-997866109532020-7486-2684-010.1515/9780748626847(CKB)1000000000351121(EBL)313191(OCoLC)476101779(SSID)ssj0000150112(PQKBManifestationID)11162979(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150112(PQKBWorkID)10239700(PQKB)10559481(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055729(MiAaPQ)EBC313191(Au-PeEL)EBL313191(CaPaEBR)ebr10188984(CaONFJC)MIL95320(OCoLC)173283546(DE-B1597)616696(DE-B1597)9780748626847(EXLCZ)99100000000035112120060810d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEthnicity and the making of history in northern Ghana /Carola Lentz1st ed.Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institutec20061 online resource (359 p.)International African library ;33Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-2401-5 Includes bibliography (p. [326]-336) and index.Contents; List of Maps and Plates; Preface; Map 1; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Epilogue; Notes; Abbreviations; Glossary; District (Paramount) Chiefs of Lawra District; References; Index; Drawing on two decades of research this social and political history of North-Western Ghana traces the creation of new ethnic and territorial boundaries, categories and forms of self-understanding, and represents a major contribution to debates on ethnicity, colonialism and the 'production of history'. It explores the creation and redefinition of ethnic distinctions and commonalities by African and European actors, showing that ethnicity's power derives from a contradiction: while ethnic identities purport to be non-negotiable, creating permanent bonds, stability and security, the boundaries oInternational African library ;33.EthnicityGhanaGhanaEthnic relationsGhanaHistoryGhanaPolitics and governmentGhanaSocial conditionsEthnicity305.8009667Lentz Carola1141431International African Institute.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820826003321Ethnicity and the making of history in northern Ghana4005120UNINA