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Making headway : the introduction of western civilization in colonial northern Nigeria /

"The process of cultural transfer in Northern Nigeria was historically thought to have been dictated by European colonial domination. In fact, Western missionaries may not have been able to guide African Christians toward mastery of the secular world when they themselves lacked the worldliness...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barnes, Andrew E., 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2009.
Colección:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 41.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Some theoretical concerns
  • Historiography
  • Indirect rule as a form of cultural transfer, 1900-35
  • Indirect rule and making headway, 1920-35
  • The cross or the crescent, 1900-30
  • Christian missions and the evangelization of the north, 1900-35
  • Twin revolutions, 1930-45
  • The Africanization of western civilization, 1930-60
  • The indigenization of modernity, 1950-65.