The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History

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The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History provides a comprehensive history of Africa's most populous and most rapidly developing country. Rather than centering the rise of the nation-state, the Handbook reads the narrative of national politics alongside deeper histories of political and social organization, as well as in relation to competing influences on modern identity formation and inter-group relationships, such as ethnic and religious communities, economic partnerships, and immigrant and diasporic cultures. Consisting of 36 chapters, the Handbook is separated into five major sections, starting with the historiography of Nigeria--namely, the systems of knowledge handed down by the indigenous, Christian, Islamic, colonial, and post-colonial traditions. From that foundation, the chapters cover the development of nomadic and agricultural societies, the colonial era, the emergence of a modern Nigeria, and the impact of Nigerians outside of the country's borders. This transnational approach incorporates the most important ideas from the new scholarship emerging in the 21st century, creating a forward-looking volume appropriate for a dynamic, diverse, and swiftly changing Nigeria. Cover The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History Copyright Dedication Contents Contributors Introduction Part I: Knowledge Production and Epistemologies of Nigerian History 1. Indigenous Knowledge and Oral Traditions in Nigeria 2. Archaeology, Linguistics, and Early Histories of Nigeria 3. Islamic Education in Nigeria 4. Colonial and Postcolonial Historiography of Nigeria Part II: States and Societies to the Nineteenth Century 5. Prehistoric Developments in Nigeria 6. The Origins of Kingdoms and Empires in Precolonial Nigeria 7. State Management and Political Institutions in Nigeria before 1800 8. Economic Production and Exchange of States and Societies in Precolonial Nigeria 9. Religion in Precolonial Nigeria 10. European Contact and the Trans-​Atlantic Slave Trade in the Gulf of Guinea 11. Abolition, Legitimate Commerce, and Christianity in Nigeria 12. Political Revolutions in Nineteenth-​Century Nigeria Part III: Colonial Rule and the Making of Nigeria 13. The Conquest of Nigeria 14. The Colonial Administration of Nigeria 15. Colonial Economies of Nigeria 16. Gender, Class, and Culture in Colonial Nigeria 17. Nigeria and the World Wars 18. Political, Economic, and Social Change in Nigeria, 1945–​1960 Part IV: Nigeria Since Independence 19. Federalism and the First Republic of Nigeria, 1960–​1966 20. The Nigerian Civil War and Its Legacies 21. The Nigerian Oil Economy and the Rentier State 22. Dictatorship and Democracy in Nigeria, 1966–​1999 23. Religious Nationalisms in Nigeria 24. Ethnic Nationalism and Minority Politics in Nigeria 25. Popular Culture, Literature, and the Arts in Nigeria 26. Women and Gender Relations in Twenty-​First Century Nigeria 27. Agriculture, Environment, and Sustainable Development in Nigeria 28. Architecture, Infrastructure, and the Built Environment in Nigeria 29. An Afrocentric Overview of Education, Health, and Welfare Service in Twenty-​First-Century Nigeria 30. Federalism and Politics in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic 31. Dimensions of Nigeria’s National Security and Development Challenges in Changing Global Contexts Part V: Nigeria in the World 32. Nigeria’s Impact on Diasporic Cultures in the Americas 33. Nigeria and the Global Umma 34. Migrants, Immigrants, and the New Nigerian Diaspora 35. Nigeria and African Affairs 36. Nigerian Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, and International Entanglements Index