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Nation on board : becoming Nigerian at sea / Lynn Schler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schler, Lynn, lat, author.
- Series:
- New African histories series.
- New African Histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nigerian National Shipping Line--History.
- Nigerian National Shipping Line.
- Merchant marine--Nigeria--History.
- Merchant marine.
- Merchant mariners--Nigeria--Social conditions.
- Merchant mariners.
- Merchant mariners--Legal status, laws, etc--Nigeria.
- Nigeria.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Schler's study of Nigerian seamen during Nigeria's transition to independence provides a fresh perspective on the meaning of decolonization for ordinary Africans.
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: The Working Lives of NigerianSeamen in the Colonial Era; 2: Seamen and the Cosmopolitan Imaginary; 3: From Citizens of the World to Citizens of Nigeria; 4: The Birth of the Nigerian National Shipping Line; 5: Nigerianizing the Sea: Cultures of Work on NNSL Ships; 6: Seamen in the Shadow of the NNSL Decline and Demise; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780821445594
- 0821445596
- OCLC:
- 949276395
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