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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION; CONTENTS; Introduction; PART ONE BACKGROUNDS; 1.A Baseline: The Ijebu Kingdom; Geography and Settlement; The Precolonial Economy; Politics and Government in the Old Kingdom; Precolonial Ijebu Society; 2. Social Change: Colonial Institutions; Voluntarism and Ijebu Social Change; Colonial Institutions; Migration from Ijebu; 3. The Setting: Ijebus in Ibadan; Ibadan: From War Camp to Metropolis; The Growth of the Ijebu Community2; The Ijebu Community Today; Seven Families: 'Typical'' or Not?; The Setting: Oke Ado |
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PART TWOSEVEN FAMILIES4. Struggling Together: The Odusanya Family; Cleaning the Compound; Public Order: Without Law?; The Family Routine; Moods; Freedom Furniture; Chores and Errands; Sunday Reflections; Biography: Michael Odusanya; Biography: Florence Odusanya; Biographical Note: The Children; The Compound; The Room; Summary; Discussion: Kin, Neighbors, and the Household; 5. Young Man on the Move: Tade Oyebanji; The Evening Routine; An Invitation Given; Passing Time; The Invitation Accepted; Road Work; Turbulence; A Solution for Yemi; Sunday Boredom; Youthful Fantasies; Conversations |
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Comic ReliefA Crisis Defused; Biography; The Room and the Compound; Summary; Discussion: Jobs, Leisure, and Social Obligations; 6. The Perils of Urban Life: The Onadele Family; A Day's Work; Routine Problems; Ill Feelings; A Major Fight; The Pot Simmers; ... And Boils Again; Towards Settlement; The Autobiography of Bola Onadele; Biography: Ma Lara and Her Children; Discussion: Authority, and the Meaning of Work; The Room and Compound; Summary; 7. Getting Up: The Wahabi Family; New Buildings; A Busy Season; A Woman's Work; Holiday Court; Breaking the Ramadan Fast; More Visitors |
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Biography: Saliu WahabiBiographies: Wives, Children, and Mother; The New House; Summary; Discussion: Modern Muslims, Husband and Wives, and Domestic Conflict; 8. Self-Reliance: Madam Bankole; Dugbe Market; Customers and Trade; Panic in the Market; The Sales Routine; An Illness Stops Work; Back to Work; Biography: Alice Bankole; Biography: Mama's Daughter Ayp; The Compound and the Room; Summary; Discussion: Yoruba Traders, and the Position of Women -- 9. The Strains of Success: Chief Ogunkoya's Family; Keeping a Large Household Running; Strained Relationships; A Chief's Problems; A Better Day |
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Another Week and Its DifficultiesSunday: No Respite; Biography: Abel Ogunkpya; Biographical Notes: Wives and Children; The Compound; Summary; Discussion: Success -- At'pmp, At'owo, At'alafia Ni ... ; 10. Elite Reserve: The Falujo Family; A Different Style; Chores and Errands; Visits and Visitors; The Homecoming; The Encyclopedia Salesman; Conversations; Biography: Victor Falujo; Biography: Sade Falujo; Biographies: The Falujo Children; The House and the Budget; Summary; Discussion: Wealth, Social Class, and Ethnicity; 11. Conclusion: The Meanings of Migration; Norms in Migration; The City As Farm |
| Notes |
Social Versus Cultural Change |
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Print version record |
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Yoruba (African people) -- Social conditions
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Detribalization -- Nigeria -- Ibadan
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Detribalization
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Social conditions
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Yoruba (African people) -- Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Ibadan (Nigeria) -- Social conditions
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Nigeria -- Ibadan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351485029 |
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1351485024 |
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