Patricius Mensah
Biographic Data
| ID | 10069490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricius Mensah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricius |
| FAMILY NAME | Mensah |
| SIGNATURE | MENSAH P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Coast |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-5918-986X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From Conquest to Control
This article examines how British colonial power in West Africa moved from military conquest to routinized administration between the late nineteenth century and the end of the Second World War. It argues that conquest did not, by itself, create durable rule. In the Gold Coast, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, British authority endured through a changing repertoire of administrative practices: indirect rule, legal pluralism, fiscal extraction, coercive…
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From Conquest to Control
This article examines how British colonial power in West Africa moved from military conquest to routinized administration between the late nineteenth century and the end of the Second World War. It argues that conquest did not, by itself, create durable rule. In the Gold Coast, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, British authority endured through a changing repertoire of administrative practices: indirect rule, legal pluralism, fiscal extraction, coercive…
African history and culture studies (1 work) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 work) · Bureaucracy (1 work) · Chiefdom (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · CONQUEST (1 work) · Indigenous (1 work) · Indirect rule (1 work) · Politics (1 work) · South African History and Culture (1 work)