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Locality, mobility, and nation : periurban colonialism in Togo's Eweland, 1900-1960
Title
Locality, mobility, and nation : periurban colonialism in Togo's Eweland, 1900-1960 / Benjamin N. Lawrance.
ISBN
9781580462648 (alk. paper)
1580462642 (alk. paper)
Published
Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2007.
Physical Description
xiv, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 29, 2008
Series
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 31
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-275) and index.
Contents
Introduction : conceptualizing periurban colonialism in sub-Saharan Africa
Mobility, locality, and Ewe identity in periurban Eweland
Intervention and dissent : manufacturing the model periurban chief
Crisis in an Ewe "capital" : the periurban zone descends on the city
Vodou and resistance : politico-religious crises in the periurban landscape
The German Togo-bund and the periurban manifestations of "nation"
From Eweland to la République Togolaise : the Guide du Togo and the periurban circulation of knowledge.
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