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Landlords and lodgers : socio-spatial organization in an Accra community / Deborah Pellow.
Penn Museum Library GN645.G55 P44 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pellow, Deborah, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human territoriality--Ghana--Accra.
- Human territoriality.
- Spatial behavior--Ghana--Accra.
- Spatial behavior.
- Hausa (African people)--Ghana--Accra--Social conditions.
- Hausa (African people).
- Muslims--Ghana--Accra--Social conditions.
- Muslims.
- Social conditions.
- Accra (Ghana)--History.
- Accra (Ghana).
- Accra (Ghana)--Social conditions.
- Ghana--Accra.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
- Summary:
- An analysis of Accra, Ghana, that focuses on one neighborhood, showing how the social and spatial create everyday reality.
- Contents:
- 2 The Urban Cultural Context 13
- 3 Strangers, Struggles, and the Creation of Sabon Zongo 43
- 4 Sabon Zongo: Environmental Delimitations 73
- 5 Ties That Bind 95
- 6 Everyday Life 113
- 7 Anthill Architecture: The Involuted Compound 149
- 8 Compound Social Space: Transformations through Living 209
- 9 Conclusion: Zongwanci 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275976009
- OCLC:
- 48966533
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