1st Edition
Power, Culture and Modernity in Nigeria Beyond The Colony
Acknowledgment
List of Maps and Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction: Colonialism and the African Modern
Chapter 1: Before the Modern: The Burden of Origins and Traditions
Chapter 2: Incipient order: settlers and returnees making the nation (1850-1880)
Chapter 3: Making Modern Monarchy: The Ambiance of a King, 1893-1920.
Chapter 4: Making a Nation: Colonialisms Unlimited, 1918-1940.
Chapter 5: "Rulers know their Bounds": Disease and Death in Abeokuta, 1937-1950.
Chapter 6: A Nation Unfulfilled: Local Rivalries, Nigerian Nationalism and
Global Ideas, 1950-
Epilogue/Conclusion: Continuities
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Tunde Oduntan is an Assistant Professor at Towson University, USA.
