{"product_id":"nigerian-chiefs-olufemi-vaughan-9781580462495","title":"Nigerian Chiefs: Traditional Power in Modern Politics, 1890s-1990s","description":"An analysis of how traditional power structures in Nigeria have survived the forces of colonialism and the modernization processes of postcolonial regimes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book analyzes how indigenous political power structures in Nigeria survived both the constricting forces of colonialism and the modernization programs of postcolonial regimes. With twenty detailed case studies on colonial andpostcolonial Nigerian history, the complex interactions between chieftaincy structures and the rapidly shifting sociopolitical and economic conditions of the twentieth century become evident. Drawing on the interactions between the state and chieftaincy, this study goes beyond earlier Africanist scholarship that attributes the resilience of these indigenous structures to their enduring normative and utilitarian qualities. Linked to externally-derived forces, and legitimated by neotraditional themes, chieftaincy structures were distorted by the indirect rule system, transformed by competing communal claims, and legitimated a dominant ethno-regional power configuration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Olufemi Vaughan is Professor in the Department of Africana Studies and the Department of History, State University of New York at Stony Brook. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the 2001 Cecil B. Currey Book-length Award from the Association ofThird World Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olufemi Vaughan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1580462499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580462495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Rochester Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.08w x 0.68d","brand":"Olufemi Vaughan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44809884107007,"sku":"9781580462495","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d4aa1e2-eb93-4427-949b-1c94b92a04ed.jpg?v=1707927744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nigerian-chiefs-olufemi-vaughan-9781580462495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}