Locality, mobility, and "nation"
Subtitle: periurban colonialism in Togo's Eweland, 1900-1960
By: Benjamin N. Lawrance
Series: Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora -- v. 31
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781580462648
Subjects: Ewe (African people) -- History -- 20th century; Ewe (African people) -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Nationalism -- Togo; Decolonization -- Togo -- History; Rural-urban relations -- Togo; Togo -- History; Togo -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; France -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-275) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : conceptualizing periurban colonialism in sub-Saharan Africa; title: Mobility, locality, and Ewe identity in periurban Eweland; title: Intervention and dissent : manufacturing the model periurban chief; title: Crisis in an Ewe "capital" : the periurban zone descends on the city; title: Vodou and resistance : politico-religious crises in the periurban landscape; title: The German Togo-bund and the periurban manifestations of "nation"; title: From Eweland to la République Togolaise : the Guide du Togo and the periurban circulation of knowledge