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Political organization in Nigeria since the late Stone Age : a history of the Igbo people / John N. Oriji.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: x, 248 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780230621930 (hardback)
  • 0230621937 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 966.9/00496332
LOC classification:
  • 535 DT 515.45 O69p 2011
Contents:
Igboland before and during the Iron Age : from stateless societies to mini states -- The Igbo and their neighbors before the fifteenth century -- The Igbo and the Benin, Igala, and Ijo mega states during the trans-Atlantic slave trade -- The Aro trade network : changes in Igbo society during the eighteenth-nineteenth centuries -- Abolition of the slave trade and the geneses of legitimate commerce, Christianity, and the new imperialism -- Developments in Igboland from the 1890s to the 1970s.
Summary: "Although the Igbo constitute one of the largest ethnic nationalities of Nigeria and the West African sub-region, little is know about their political history before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. This book is then a pioneer study of the broad changes Igbo political systems have undergone since the prehistoric period"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 535 DT 515.45 O69p 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000105553

Includes bibliographical references( p.[225]-240) and index.

Igboland before and during the Iron Age : from stateless societies to mini states -- The Igbo and their neighbors before the fifteenth century -- The Igbo and the Benin, Igala, and Ijo mega states during the trans-Atlantic slave trade -- The Aro trade network : changes in Igbo society during the eighteenth-nineteenth centuries -- Abolition of the slave trade and the geneses of legitimate commerce, Christianity, and the new imperialism -- Developments in Igboland from the 1890s to the 1970s.

"Although the Igbo constitute one of the largest ethnic nationalities of Nigeria and the West African sub-region, little is know about their political history before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. This book is then a pioneer study of the broad changes Igbo political systems have undergone since the prehistoric period"-- Provided by publisher.

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