Britain, Leftist Nationalists and the Transfer of Power in Nigeria, 1945-1965

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

This is the first comprehensive study of leftist ideology and movements and their organizational structure in colonial and post colonial Nigeria. Tijani moves the contributions of Nigerian leftists from the archival centers into mainstream intellectual and nationalist history, proving the first historical narrative of the unsung heroes of the Nigerian nationalist movement.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-11-14
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:African Studies
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415646185

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Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani, PhD, is currently an associate professor of African and African Diaspora History at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. He was a Commonwealth scholar at SOAS, University of London and a recipient of the prestigious U.S. Military National Merit Award, 2003. He has received research grants from Harry Truman Library and Institute, the MacMath Endowment Foundation, and Henderson State University Faculty Development. His most recent grant is from the American Historical Association 2005 Schmitt Research Award. He is the editor of Nigeria's Urban History: Past and Present, Oxford, 2006.

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ABBREVIATIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTCHAPTER ONE: THE PREAMBLECHAPTER TWO: IDEOLOGY OF THE LEFTCHAPTER THREE: RECONSTRUCTING THE ZIKIST MOVEMENTCHAPTER FOUR: MARXISM DURING THE 1950sCHAPTER FIVE: PROFILING NIGERIAN MARXISTSCHAPTER SIX: "NIGERIA-MCCARTHYISM"CHAPTER SEVEN: THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, AND THE NIGERIAN MARXISTS,CHAPTER EIGHT: EMBATTLED LEFTISTS: LATE 1950S TO 1965CHAPTER NINE: CONCLUSION: ASSESSING MARXISM FAILUREBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX