Author: Falola, Toyin ; & Heaton, Matthew M.
Title: A History of Nigeria
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008. orig.wrappers. 23x14cm, xl,329 pp. PAPERBACK.. Textual maps & illustrations. Minor rubbing. An ink mark to bottom page-edge. VG. ¶ Contents : Early states and societies, 9,000 BCE-1500 CE -- Slavery, state and society, c. 1500-c. 1800 -- Political and economic transformations in the nineteenth century -- Transition to British colonial rule, 1850-1903 --Colonial society to 1929 -- Nationalist movements and independence, 1929-1 960 -- Instability and civil war, 1960-19 70 -- Oil, state, and society, 1970-1983 -- Civil society and democratic transition, 1984-2007 -- Nigeria and Nigerians in world history -- Corruption, anti-corruption, and the 2007election.

Keywords: Nigeria, West Africa, African Political, History, Historiography, , , ,