LEADER 03013nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910820826003321 005 20240416103436.0 010 $a0-7486-5296-5 010 $a1-280-95320-9 010 $a9786610953202 010 $a0-7486-2684-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748626847 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351121 035 $a(EBL)313191 035 $a(OCoLC)476101779 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000150112 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162979 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150112 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10239700 035 $a(PQKB)10559481 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055729 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC313191 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL313191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10188984 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL95320 035 $a(OCoLC)173283546 035 $a(DE-B1597)616696 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748626847 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351121 100 $a20060810d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEthnicity and the making of history in northern Ghana /$fCarola Lentz 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press for the International African Institute$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (359 p.) 225 1 $aInternational African library ;$v33 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-2401-5 320 $aIncludes bibliography (p. [326]-336) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; 330 $aDrawing on two decades of research this social and political history of North-Western Ghana traces the creation of new ethnic and territorial boundaries, categories and forms of self-understanding, and represents a major contribution to debates on ethnicity, colonialism and the 'production of history'. It explores the creation and redefinition of ethnic distinctions and commonalities by African and European actors, showing that ethnicity's power derives from a contradiction: while ethnic identities purport to be non-negotiable, creating permanent bonds, stability and security, the boundaries o 410 0$aInternational African library ;$v33. 606 $aEthnicity$zGhana 607 $aGhana$xEthnic relations 607 $aGhana$xHistory 607 $aGhana$xPolitics and government 607 $aGhana$xSocial conditions 615 0$aEthnicity 676 $a305.8009667 700 $aLentz$b Carola$01141431 712 02$aInternational African Institute. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820826003321 996 $aEthnicity and the making of history in northern Ghana$94005120 997 $aUNINA