Politics and Society in South Eastern Nigeria 1841 – 1906: A Study of Power, Diplomacy and Commerce in Old Calabar
Author:   Kannan K. Nair
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   348
Publication Date:   20 April 2026
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Politics and Society in South Eastern Nigeria 1841 – 1906: A Study of Power, Diplomacy and Commerce in Old Calabar


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Author:   Kannan K. Nair
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9781032983776


ISBN 10:   1032983779
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   20 April 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1.Structural Organization of Calabar Society 2. Social Change, 1841-56 3. Internal Politics & External Factors, 1841-58 4. Economic Stress: The 1860s 5. Lineage Rivalries: The 1870s and 1880s 6. The New Structure of Power, 1885-1906 7. The New Economic Forces, 1885-1906 8. Conclusion: The Primacy of Internal Factors. Appendices: A. The Structural Genealogy of the Efik B. A Note on Efik Names C. The Volume and Value of Trade in the Bights of Benin and Biafra in the Nineteenth Century E. List of Towns Represented on the Native Council of Old Calabar, 1903 F. British Consuls and High Commissioners in the Bights.

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Original Review of Politics and Society in South Eastern Nigeria: ‘The African complexities emerge here because the author, aware of many dimensions, has done a careful and thoughtful piece of research.’ Jean Herskovits, SUNY.


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Kannan K. Nair was Deptuy Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the former University of Malaya.

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