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Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora #23: Constructions of Belonging: Igbo Communities and the Nigerian State in the Twentieth Century

by Axel Harneit-sievers

Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora #23: Constructions of Belonging: Igbo Communities and the Nigerian State in the Twentieth Century Cover

ISBN13: 9781580461672
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In times of globalization, the study of the local has gained relevance. The production of locality has come under scrutiny, the result of historical and social change reproduced in everyday interaction. In recent years, African history and anthropology deconstructed many of their core strategies and concepts: ethnicity, community, and the state. Constructions of Belonging applies new approaches to the study of a small, densely populated region of West Africa, integrating them into a regional history that analyses interactions between localities and the modern state. This work demonstrates that local communities reacted with a mix of resistance and creative adaptation to the pressures from the state and other forces of modernity. While primarily a contribution to the historical and anthropological study of Africa, the book also provides lessons for students of African politics and development. Axel Harneit-Sievers is a research fellow at the Center for Modern Oriental Studies, and director of the Nigeria Office of the Heinrich Bvll Foundation in Lagos.

Synopsis:

Constructions of Belonging 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 the community members have given to their particular areas, while also looking at the processes that have shaped local communities, and have made them work and continue to be relevant, in a world dominated by the modern territorial state and by worldwide flows of people, goods, and ideas. Axel Harneit-Sievers is a research fellow at the Center for Modern Oriental Studies, and director of the Nigeria Office of the Heinrich BAll Foundation in Lagos.

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Applies new approaches to the study of a small, densely populated region of West Africa, integrating them into a regional history that analyzes interactions between localities and the modern state.
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ISBN:
9781580461672
Subtitle:
Igbo Communities and the Nigerian State in the Twentieth Century
Author:
Harneit-sievers, Axel
Author:
Muraskin, William
Author:
Harneit-Sievers, Axel
Publisher:
University of Rochester Press
Subject:
General
Subject:
History
Subject:
Local government
Subject:
Epidemiology
Subject:
Community life
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General
Subject:
Igbo (African people) -- Social conditions.
Subject:
Community life - Nigeria
Series:
Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Series Volume:
23
Publication Date:
July 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
388
Dimensions:
9.16x6.32x1.19 in. 1.76 lbs.
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