Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Notes on Orthography and Place Names
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Igboland: The Historical and Ethnographic Evidence
- Part II Creating Community from Outside
- Part III Creating Community from Within
- Part IV Common Themes, Diverse Histories: Three Local Case Studies
- Conclusion: Making the Igbo “Town” in the Twentieth Century
- Notes
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index
- Endmatter
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Notes on Orthography and Place Names
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Igboland: The Historical and Ethnographic Evidence
- Part II Creating Community from Outside
- Part III Creating Community from Within
- Part IV Common Themes, Diverse Histories: Three Local Case Studies
- Conclusion: Making the Igbo “Town” in the Twentieth Century
- Notes
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index
- Endmatter
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- Constructions of BelongingIgbo Communities and the Nigerian State in the Twentieth Century, pp. ix - xPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2006