Hausaland divided : colonialism and independence in Nigeria and Niger / / William F.S. Miles
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| Autore: |
Miles William F. S.
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| Titolo: |
Hausaland divided : colonialism and independence in Nigeria and Niger / / William F.S. Miles
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| Pubblicazione: | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 966.26/004937 |
| Soggetto topico: | Hausa (African people) - Ethnic identity |
| Hausa (African people) - Government relations | |
| Hausa (African people) - Cultural assimilation | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Niger Colonial influence |
| Nigeria Colonial influence | |
| Niger Ethnic relations | |
| Nigeria Ethnic relations | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-362) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, Tables, and Figures -- Preface -- A Note on Hausa Orthography -- 1. Introduction: Rehabilitating the Borderline -- 2. The Setting -- 3. Ethnic Identity and National Consciousness: Who Are the Hausa? -- 4. Boundary Considerations -- 5. Colonizing the Hausa: British and French -- 6. According to the Archives ... -- 7. Chieftaincy in Yardaji and Yekuwa -- 8. Arziki vs. Talauci: The Economic Comparison -- 9. Educating the Hausa -- 10. Islam: The Religious Difference -- 11. Village Cultures Compared -- 12. Transcending the Tangaraho -- Appendix A. Fieldwork Strategy: The Choice of a Site -- Appendix B. Administration of Self-Identity Surveys -- Appendix C. Selected Characteristics, Daura Local Government and Magaria Arrondissement, 1978-1985 -- Appendix D. Extracts from Anglo-French Treaties Delimiting the Nigeria-Niger Boundary, 1906-1910 -- Appendix E. Communique of the Nigeria-Niger Transborder Cooperation Workshop, Kano, July 2-8, 1989 -- Appendix F. Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | How have different forms of colonialism shaped societies and their politics? William F. S. Miles focuses on the Hausa-speaking people of West Africa whose land is still split by an arbitrary boundary established by Great Britain and France at the turn of the century. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hausaland divided |
| ISBN: | 0-8014-7010-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460897003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture.