Constructions of belonging : Igbo communities and the Nigerian state in the twentieth century /
<I>Constructions of Belonging</I> provides a history of local communities living in Southeastern Nigeria since the late nineteenth century, examining the processes that have defined, changed, and re-produced these communities. Harneit-Sievers explores both the meanings and the uses that...
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press
2006.
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| Cyfres: | Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ;
v. 23. |
| Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1bh2m5f |
Tabl Cynhwysion:
- 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.