| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 377 pages). |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Studies in global social history ; volume 22
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Studies in global social history ; v. 22.
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| Note |
"An earlier version of this monograph was accepted as habilitation thesis by the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Berne, Switzerland, in 2010"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Group identifications : African and global categories -- Wolof and Wolofisation : statehood, colonial rule, and identification in Senegal -- Fragmentation and the Temne : from war raids into ethnic civil wars -- 'Ethnic identity' as an anti-colonial weapon? Ewe mobilisation from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Ethnicity and the Colonial State analyses, through a comparison of three West African communities (Wolof, Temne, and Ewe), the ways in which ethnic labels and arguments are used (or omitted) in dealings with colonial administrations. It follows these strategies and choices over more than a century, between the conquest periods and independence. Where state structures were weak as a factor of group cohesion, ethnic arguments were especially likely to come into play. The analysis discusses internal fissures and conflicting interests within the communities as other incentives for ethnic coalition-building. The observations made in this book are put into the context of a global historical perspective, for which "ethnicity" has so far remained a badly defined concept. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Ethnicity -- Africa, West -- History.
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Ethnicity. |
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West Africa. |
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History. |
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Group identity -- Africa, West -- History.
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Group identity. |
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Africa, West -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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Wolof (African people) -- Ethnic identity.
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Ewe (African people) -- Ethnic identity.
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Ewe (African people) |
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Temne (African people) -- Ethnic identity.
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Temne (African people) |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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Wolof (African people) |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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HISTORY / Social History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Keese, Alexander. Ethnicity and the colonial state. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016] 9789004307346 (DLC) 2015039288 |
| ISBN |
9789004307353 (electronic book) |
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9004307354 (electronic book) |
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9789004307346 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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9004307346 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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