Constructions of Belonging: Igbo Communities and the Nigerian State in the Twentieth Century Contributor(s): Harneit-Sievers, Axel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580461670 ISBN-13: 9781580461672 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2006 Annotation: 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 Bll Foundation in Lagos. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Medical |
Dewey: 305.896 |
LCCN: 2006002874 |
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora |
Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6.32" W x 9.16" (1.76 lbs) 399 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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 tobe 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 ofthe Nigeria Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Lagos. |