Author : Benjamin Nicholas Lawrance
Publisher : University Rochester Press
ISBN 13 : 9781580462648
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (626 download)
Book Synopsis Locality, Mobility, and "nation" by : Benjamin Nicholas Lawrance
Download or read book Locality, Mobility, and "nation" written by Benjamin Nicholas Lawrance and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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"--Eweland to la Republique Togolaise : the Guide du Togo and the periurban circulation of knowledge