Intercourse and crosscurrents in the Atlantic world : Calabar-British experience, 17th-20th centuries /

Intercourse and crosscurrents in the Atlantic world : Calabar-British experience, 17th-20th centuries /

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Author / Creator:	Imbua, David
Imprint:	Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2012.
Description:	xix, 210 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Carolina academic press African world series Carolina Academic Press African world series.
Subject:	Slavery -- Nigeria -- Calabar -- History. Slavery -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History. Efik (African people) -- History. British colonies. Civilization -- African influences. Civilization -- British influences. Diplomatic relations. Efik (African people) Slavery. Slavery -- Colonies. Calabar (Nigeria) -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain. Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Nigeria -- Calabar. Calabar (Nigeria) -- History. Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History. Nigeria -- Civilization -- British influences. Great Britain -- Civilization -- African influences. Africa. Great Britain. Nigeria. Nigeria -- Calabar. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8690116

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ISBN:	9781611630060 (alk. paper) 1611630061 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Calabar, Nigeria, 2009? Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-200) and index.

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Summary:	This study in transnational and interracial history questions earlier conclusions which were either products of nationalist history or built on popular views. The author shows that rather than being passive victims, Africans in Old Calabar played active roles in their encounter with Europeans. Great borrowings and exchanges took place in the Atlantic world among populations that were radically different in language, culture and physique. Despite geographical and cultural separations, the physical and intellectual crossings that permeated the Atlantic world improved the fortunes of all its neighbouring peoples. This book is part of the African World Series , edited by Toyin Falola, Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin. "...as David Lishilinimle Imbua rightly points out in this new book, geography and history are connected subjects for Calabar; for this complex situation explains why cosmopolitan outlooks reached Calabar so precociously ... Imbua is thoroughly versed in contemporary debates relating to the city's history; yet, as this concluding chapter and the overall argument of the book show, he is also aware of the trends in global academica towards seeing the past in composite terms." -- Africa
Item Description:	Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Calabar, Nigeria, 2009?
Physical Description:	xix, 210 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-200) and index.
ISBN:	9781611630060 1611630061