Maritime culture and everyday life in nineteenth- and twentieth-century coastal Ghana : a social history of Cape Coast / Kwaku Nti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nti, Kwaku, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coastal settlements--Ghana--19th century.

Coastal settlements.

Coastal settlements--Ghana--20th century.

Ghana--Social life and customs--19th century.

Ghana.

Ghana--Social life and customs--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 333 pages) : maps

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]

Contents:

A Note on Orthography

Maps

Introduction

1. Settlement and Nascent Society: From Earliest Times to the Nineteenth Century

2. Ebusua and Asafo Systems: Gender, Complementarity, and Conflict among the Fanti

3. Coastal Communities, Intergroup Wrangling, and Aspects of the Colonial Experience: Historical Undercurrents

4. Art, Symbol, and the Written Word: The Audacity, Dignity, and Sovereignty of Private Property Ownership

5. "Hen-ara Hen A-saa-se Nyi": Land in Everyday Life, Colonial Policy, and Indigenous Resistance

6. The Politics of Modernization and Clash of Official and Indigenous Interests: Judiciary, Military, and Urbanization

7. "We Won't Cooperate": Legislative Council Elections, 1932 Conflict, and Frustration of Colonial Authority

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 08, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Nti, Kwaku. Maritime culture and everyday life in nineteenth- and twentieth-century coastal Ghana.

ISBN:

9780253067944

0253067944

9780253067937

0253067936

Publisher Number:

40031999189

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.