Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Contesting Space and Authority in a Colonial Capital
- 1 Situating Ga Institutions in the European Colonial Milieu
- 2 Land Legislation, Commodification, and Effects in Accra
- 3 Negotiating Chieftaincy, the Ga Stool, and Colonial Intervention
- 4 Succession Disputes, the Ga State Council, and the Future of Chieftaincy
- 5 Contesting Property in Accra and Its Periurban Locales
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Dedication
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Contesting Space and Authority in a Colonial Capital
- 1 Situating Ga Institutions in the European Colonial Milieu
- 2 Land Legislation, Commodification, and Effects in Accra
- 3 Negotiating Chieftaincy, the Ga Stool, and Colonial Intervention
- 4 Succession Disputes, the Ga State Council, and the Future of Chieftaincy
- 5 Contesting Property in Accra and Its Periurban Locales
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Politics of ChieftaincyAuthority and Property in Colonial Ghana, 1920-1950, pp. v - viPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014