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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Axel Harneit-Sievers |
| ISBN: | 1580461670 9781580461672 |
| OCLC Number: | 63472562 |
| Description: | ix, 388 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Pt. I. Igboland : the historical and ethnographic evidence. The Igbo local community : historical and anthropological approaches -- Trans-local connections and precolonial spheres of influence : Nri "hegemony" and Arochukwu -- Pt. II. Creating community from outside. Drawing boundaries, making chiefs : the colonial state -- "Town people" and "church people" : the impact of Christianity -- Making a larger community : Igbo ethnicity -- Federalism and fear : impact of postcolonial state and society since the 1970s -- Pt. III. Creating community from within. Institutionalizing community I : town unions -- Institutionalizing community II : traditional rulers and autonomous communities -- Reconceptualizing community : local histories -- Pt. IV. Common themes, diverse histories : three local case studies -- The politics of competition and fragmentation : Umuopara and Ohuhu -- "History" as politics by other means : Enugwu-ukwu in Umunri clan -- Post-slavery and marginalization : Nike. |
| Series Title: | Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, [v. 23] |
| Responsibility: | Axel Harneit-Sievers. |
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