Research Catalog

Title

A tropical dependency : an outline of the ancient history of the western Soudan with an account of the modern settlement of northern Nigeria / by Flora L. Shaw (Lady Lugard).

Author

Shaw, Flora L. (Flora Louisa), 1852-1929.

Publication

London : James Nisbet & Co., Limited, 21 Berners Street, 1905.

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Details

Additional Authors

• James Nisbet and Co. (London, England), publisher.
• Ballantyne, Hanson and Co., printer.

Description

viii, 508 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : maps; 26 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Nigeria
• Nigeria > History
• Great Britain > Colonies > Africa
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Sudan (Region) > History

Genre/Form

Bookplates (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title.
• Title page in red and black.
• "Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. at the Ballantyne Press."--verso of title page.
• Includes index.

Provenance (note)

• with the bookplate: "From the library of Arthur A. Schomburg." With the bookplate: "Ex Libris Arthur A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Introductory -- Conquest of North Africa and Spain by the Arabs -- Arab Civilisation in Spain -- The empire of "The Two Shores" -- African rule in Spain -- Decline of Mohammedan power in Spain -- Spanish Arabs in Africa -- The Soudanese states -- Negroland and the western Arabs -- Berber and Black -- The trade of Ghana -- Morabite conquest of the Soudan -- Ghana and Timbuctoo -- The Mellestine -- Mansa Musa -- Ibn Batuta in Melle -- Administration of the Mellestine -- Meeting of eastern and western influence upon the Niger -- Rise of the Songhay Empire -- Military conquests of Sonni Ali -- Askia Mohammed Abou Bekr -- Songhay under Askia the Great -- Songhay under Askia the Great (continued) -- The later Askias -- Ancient connection of Haussaland with the valley of the Nile -- The pharaohs in Haussaland -- The Haussa states -- The domination of Kano -- Haussaland to the end of the eighteenth century -- Bornu -- Condition of the Soudan at the end of the sixteenth century -- The Moorish conquest -- The Soudan under the Moors -- The Soudan closed to the western world -- Europe in West Africa -- The European slave trade -- England and France in the Lower Niger -- The Royal Niger Company -- Transfer of Niger Company's territories to the Crown -- Origin of the Fulani -- Rise of the Fulani in the Soudan -- Sultan Bello -- Northern Nigeria under Fulani rule -- Slave-raiding -- The establishment of British administration -- Military occupation of the southern Emirates and Bornu -- Conquest of Sokoto and Kano -- British policy in Northern Nigeria -- Nigeria under British rule: slavery -- Nigeria under British rule: taxation -- Nigeria under British rule: justice and general reorganisation -- Economic resources of northern Nigeria -- The development of trade -- Index.

Call Number

Sc 966-L (Lugard, F Tropical dependency)

LCCN

06006478

OCLC

28302674

Author

Shaw, Flora L. (Flora Louisa), 1852-1929.

Title

A tropical dependency : an outline of the ancient history of the western Soudan with an account of the modern settlement of northern Nigeria / by Flora L. Shaw (Lady Lugard).

Imprint

London : James Nisbet & Co., Limited, 21 Berners Street, 1905.

Provenance

Copy in Sc 966-L (copy 1) (accession no. B520675) with the bookplate: "From the library of Arthur A. Schomburg." With the bookplate: "Ex Libris Arthur A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-2258.

Copy in Sc 966-L (copy 1) imperfect, lacking table of contents (p. vii-viii); maps damaged.

Added Author

James Nisbet and Co. (London, England), publisher.

Ballantyne, Hanson and Co., printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 966-L (Lugard, F Tropical dependency)