Shaping tradition : civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957 - Grischow, Jeff D. (Jeff Douglas), 1965- (Leiden ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, 2006)
Civil society, community and development in colonial northern Ghana, 1899-1957 -- From developing the estates to preserving the peasantry: development in the northern territories, 1895-1919 -- Corruptions of development and the "steep slope of civilisation", 1919-1933 -- Developing community: land, native administration and direct taxation, 1928-1936 -- Overpopulation, depopulation and the loss of productive power: development in the Zuarungu and Lawra-Tumu districts, 1935-44 -- Questioning mixed farming, tsetse eradication and indirect rule, 1940-1949 -- Land planning, local government and party politics, 1940-1957 -- Mechanised agriculture and community development, 1948-1957.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-254) and index.
Keywords: Civil society -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century; Community development -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century; Ghana -- Economic conditions -- 20th century