'Civil Disorder is the Disease of Ibadan' Ruth Watson

Name: 'Civil Disorder is the Disease of Ibadan' By Ruth Watson
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'Civil Disorder is the Disease of Ibadan' by Ruth Watson

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Civil Disorder Is the Disease of the Ibadan is a study of chieftaincy and political culture in Ibadan, the most populous city in Britain's largest West African colony, Nigeria.

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'Civil Disorder is the Disease of Ibadan': Chieftaincy and Civic Culture in a Yoruba City by Ruth Watson

'Civil Disorder Is the Disease of the Ibadan' is a study of chieftaincy and political culture in Ibadan, the most populous city in Britain's largest West African colony, Nigeria. Examining the period between 1829 and 1939, it shows how and why the processes through which Ibadan was made into a civic community shifted from the battlefield to a discursive field.

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"This is a brilliant and original reinterpretation of Ibadan's political past, addressing for the first time the question of how the city's civic culture was constituted and how it changed between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries....Watson shows apparently effortless mastery of highly complex data....A really beautifully crafted and lucidly written book." -- Karin Barber
"There is far too much texture in Watson's work to do justice to it in this brief review. She skillfully weaves together the social and political contexts of Ibadan's history to highlight just how complex the city's reality was. Also, her deft use of documentary, linguistic, and oral sources reflects a keen grasp of relevant methodologies." -- African Studies Review

About Ruth Watson

Civil Disorder Is the Disease of the Ibadan is a study of chieftaincy and political culture in Ibadan, the most populous city in Britain's largest West African colony, Nigeria. Examining the period between 1829 and 1939, it shows how and why the processes through which Ibadan was made into a civic community shifted from the battlefield to a discursive field.

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GOR013603040

ISBN 13

9780821414514

ISBN 10

0821414518

Title

'Civil Disorder is the Disease of Ibadan': Chieftaincy and Civic Culture in a Yoruba City by Ruth Watson

Author

Ruth Watson

Series

Western African Studies

Condition

Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Ohio University Press

Year published

2003-09-01

Number of pages

256

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