Political organization in Nigeria since the late Stone Age :
Oriji, John Nwachimereze, 1944-
Political organization in Nigeria since the late Stone Age : a history of the Igbo people / John N. Oriji. - First Palgrave Macmillan paperback edition. - New York Palgrave Macmillan 2011 - x, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references 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"--
9781137347213 (pbk.)
2013387600
Igbo (African people)--Politics and government.--Nigeria
DT515.45.I33 / O74 2011
Political organization in Nigeria since the late Stone Age : a history of the Igbo people / John N. Oriji. - First Palgrave Macmillan paperback edition. - New York Palgrave Macmillan 2011 - x, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references 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"--
9781137347213 (pbk.)
2013387600
Igbo (African people)--Politics and government.--Nigeria
DT515.45.I33 / O74 2011