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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
African history ; volume 7
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African history (Brill Academic Publishers) ; v. 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu -- Gold Coast forts and castles: key themes and perspectives / Jarle Simensen -- 'Heaven is high above, and Europe is far away', so Christiansborg prevails / Selena Axelrod Winsnes -- 'Creative and expedient misunderstandings': Elmina-Dutch relations in the 19th century / Larry Yarak -- Wax prints in West Africa: unravelling the myth of Dutch colonial soldiers as cultural brokers / Ineke van Kessel -- William's Fort: the English fort at Ouidah, 1680s-1960s / Robin Law -- Danish Guinea Coast forts, Denmark's abolition of the Atlantic slave trade, and African colonial policy, 1788-1850 / Daniel Hopkins -- Political relations between Osu and Christiansborg, 1803-1826 / Ole Justesen -- Cosmopolitan conundrums: impacts of trade fortresses on the Ga space, 1450-1870 / John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu and Hermann W. von Hesse -- Forts and castles in the colonial period: uses and understandings of the pre-colonial fortifications / Jon Olav Hove. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fortification -- Social aspects -- Ghana -- History.
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Fortification. |
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Social aspects. |
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Ghana. |
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History. |
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Fortification -- Social aspects -- Benin -- History.
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Benin. |
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Slave trade -- Ghana -- History.
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Slave trade. |
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Slave trade -- Benin -- History.
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Ghana -- Colonial influence.
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Colonial influence. |
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Benin -- Colonial influence.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Osei-Tutu, John Kwadwo, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Forts, castles and society in West Africa. Leiden : Brill, 2018 9789004380141 (DLC) 2018043314 |
| ISBN |
9789004380172 electronic book |
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9004380175 electronic book |
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9789004380141 paperback |
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9004380140 paperback |
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