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Locality, mobility, and "nation" : periurban colonialism in Togo's Eweland, 1900-1960
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ISBN: 9781580462648 1580462642 9781580466974 1580466974 Year: 2007 Publisher: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press,

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Abstract

In this original interdisciplinary study of Togo and African colonial history, Benjamin Lawrance synthesizes political, gender, and social history by documenting the contributions of rural-dwelling populations in anti-colonial struggles. Anchoring his arguments on the premise that nationalist historiographies have overstated the role of urban and elite power while undervaluing the strategic place of rural constituencies, Lawrance uses the Ewe nationalist movement of southern Togo as a case study in what he terms "periurban colonialism" -- a historical paradigm that reunites the urban and rural experiences of post-World War I colonialism. By reconciling the marginal and non-elite communities and the social upheavals of the two World War periods, Lawrance offers a new perspective on the colonial experience and the anti-colonial struggle. In focusing on an African country uniquely colonized by the Germans, British, and French, he provides a wealth of information not readily available to the English-language audience. Accessible to scholars of African social history and African culture in general, Locality, Mobility, and "Nation" will occupy a distinguished place among studies of African colonial history and anti-colonial struggles.

Benjamin N. Lawrance is Assistant Professor of African History at the University of California, Davis, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate African and World History. He is the editor of The Ewe of Togo and Benin [2005] and the co-editor of Intermediaries, Interpreters and Clerks [2006].

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Ewe (African people) --- Nationalism --- Decolonization --- Rural-urban relations --- History --- Politics and government --- Togo --- France --- History. --- Autonomy and independence movements. --- Colonies --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Bayikpe (African people) --- Bubutubi (African people) --- Ehwe (African people) --- Eibe (African people) --- Eve (African people) --- Evhe (African people) --- Krepe (African people) --- Krepi (African people) --- Ethnology --- Rural-urban interaction --- Urban-rural interaction --- Urban-rural relations --- Sociology, Rural --- Sociology, Urban --- Sovereignty --- Colonization --- Postcolonialism --- Bro-C'hall --- Fa-kuo --- Fa-lan-hsi --- Faguo --- Falanxi --- Falanxi Gongheguo --- Faransā --- Farānsah --- França --- Francia (Republic) --- Francija --- Francja --- Francland --- Francuska --- Franis --- Franḳraykh --- Frankreich --- Frankrig --- Frankrijk --- Frankrike --- Frankryk --- Fransa --- Fransa Respublikası --- Franse --- Franse Republiek --- Frant︠s︡ --- Frant︠s︡ Uls --- Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Frantsyi︠a︡ --- Franza --- French Republic --- Frencisc Cynewīse --- Frenska republika --- Furansu --- Furansu Kyōwakoku --- Gallia --- Gallia (Republic) --- Gallikē Dēmokratia --- Hyãsia --- Parancis --- Peurancih --- Phransiya --- Pransiya --- Pransya --- Prantsusmaa --- Pʻŭrangsŭ --- Ranska --- República Francesa --- Republica Franzesa --- Republika Francuska --- Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit --- Republikang Pranses --- République française --- Tsarfat --- Tsorfat --- Γαλλική Δημοκρατία --- Γαλλία --- Франц --- Франц Улс --- Французская Рэспубліка --- Францыя --- Франция --- Френска република --- פראנקרייך --- צרפת --- רפובליקה הצרפתית --- فرانسه --- فرنسا --- フランス --- フランス共和国 --- 法国 --- 法蘭西 --- 法蘭西共和國 --- 프랑스 --- France (Provisional government, 1944-1946) --- Dēmokratia tou Tonko --- Gweriniaeth Togo --- Lýðveldið Tógó --- Pobblaght ny Togo --- Poblachd Thògo --- Poblacht Thóga --- Repubblica Togolese --- Republic of Togo --- República Togolesa --- Republik Togo --- Republik Togoat --- Republika Togo --- Republiḳat Ṭogo --- République autonome du Togo --- République du Togo --- République togolaise --- Tahaleskai︠a︡ rėspublika --- Tóga --- Togo Vabariik --- Togoanska republika --- Togoko Errepublika --- Togolese Republic --- Togolese Republiek --- Togolesische Republik --- Togoleska republika --- Togolezskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Togská republika --- Togu --- Toha --- Toḣlmudin Orn --- T'oko (Republic) --- Tonko --- Tʼóogo --- Toqo --- Τόγκο --- Δημοκρατία του Τόγκο --- Тагалеская рэспубліка --- Тоhлмудин Орн --- Тога --- Того --- Тогоанска република --- רפובליקת טוגו --- טוגו --- 토고 --- Togoland (French) --- Togoland --- Togoland (British) --- African colonial history. --- Anti-colonial struggle. --- Colonial experience. --- Colonialism. --- Eweland. --- Land reform. --- Nationalist historiographies. --- Post-World War I. --- Rural communities. --- Togo.

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