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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书目详细资料
主要作者: Harneit-Sievers, Axel, 1957- (Author)
格式: Licensed eBooks
语言:英语
出版: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press 2006.
丛编:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 23.
在线阅读:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1bh2m5f
书本目录:
  • 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.