| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 262 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Michigan. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Land and government in Kano -- Gandu and the semantic imagination -- Inventing land tenure -- Succession and secrecy -- Litigation and the public -- Representation through taxation -- The governing fetish. |
| Summary |
Steven Pierce examines issues surrounding the colonial state and the distribution of state power in northern Nigeria. Here, Pierce deconstructs the colonial state and offers a unique reading of land tenure that challenges earlier views of the role of indirect rule. According to Pierce, land tenure was the means the colonial government used to rule the local population and extract taxes from them, but it was also a political logic with a fundamental flaw and Western bias. In this sweeping and eloquent account of African history, readers will find an extended genealogy of land law and taxatio. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Land tenure -- Nigeria -- Kano -- History.
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Land tenure. |
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Nigeria -- Kano. |
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History. |
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Land tenure -- Government policy -- Nigeria -- Kano -- History.
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Land tenure -- Government policy. |
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Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Nigeria -- Kano -- History.
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Land tenure -- Law and legislation. |
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Land use, Rural -- Government policy -- Nigeria -- Kano -- History.
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Land use, Rural -- Government policy. |
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Land use, Rural. |
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Farmers -- Nigeria -- Kano -- Economic conditions.
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Farmers. |
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Economic conditions. |
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Agriculture and state -- Nigeria -- Kano.
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Agriculture and state. |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa.
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Great Britain. |
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Colonies. |
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Africa. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pierce, Steven, 1968- Farmers and the state in colonial Kano. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2005 0253346614 (DLC) 2005010908 (OCoLC)59223773 |
| ISBN |
0253111544 |
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9780253111548 |
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1282072552 |
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9781282072558 |
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0253346614 |
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9780253346612 |
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