Ethnicity and the making of history in northern Ghana [[electronic resource] /] / Carola Lentz

• Autore: Lentz Carola
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (359 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8009667
• Soggetto topico: Ethnicity - Ghana
• Soggetto geografico: Ghana Ethnic relations; Ghana History; Ghana Politics and government; Ghana Social conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography (p. [326]-336) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 o
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethnicity and the making of history in northern Ghana
• ISBN: 0-7486-5296-5; 1-280-95320-9; 9786610953202; 0-7486-2684-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457343103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International African library ; ; 33.