The story of Nigeria /

Crowder, Michael, 1934-1988.

The story of Nigeria / Michael Crowder. - 4th ed., revised. - London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1978 [reprinted 1980] - 365 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Faber paperbacks .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-334) and index.

1. The Birth of Nigeria - 2. Sudanese States - 3. Kingdoms of the Forest - 4. The Atlantic Slave Trade - 5. The Niger Delta and its Hinterland - 6. The Holy War of Usman dan Fodio - 7. Yoruba Wars - 8. The Suppression of the Slave Trade - 9. Explorers and Missionaries - 10. The Growth of Legitimate Trade - 11. Prelude to Alien Rule - 12. Company and Consuls - 13. Emirs and Maxims - 14. The Unification of Nigeria - 15. The Rise of Nigerian Nationalism - 16. Three Constitutions - 17. Independence Achieved - 18. A Decade of Troubles -- Postscript : 1970–1976 -- Appendix A. Dynasty of the Shehus of Borno - Appendix B. The Sokoto Dynasty - Appendix C. Alafins of Oyo - Appendix D. British Governors of Nigeria, 1900–60 - Appendix E. National Ministries to 1964 - Appendix F. A Note on Major Contributions to the Study of Nigerian History Since 1965 --Maps : 1. Nigeria's major ethnic and linguistic divisions - 2. States of the Niger-Chad region in the sixteenth century - 3. Nigeria's slave-trading ports, sixteenth to eighteenth centuries - 4. The Sokoto Caliphate and Borno, circa 1850 - 5. Metropolitan Oyo and Yorubaland in the middle of the eighteenth century - 6. Niger Delta oil markets in the nineteenth century - 7. The growth of British influence in Nigeria - 8. Proposed administrative reorganizations of Nigeria, 1914 - 9. The various proposed political reorganizations of Nigeria, 1945–60 - 10. Nigeria's economy in 1960 - 11. The nineteen States, 1975.

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Nigeria--History.

DT515.5 / .C76 1980

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