Falola, Toyin. <br/><br/>
A history of Nigeria / 
Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton. 
 - Cambridge, UK ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2008. 
 - xl, 329 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-321) and index. 
<br/><br/>Early states and societies, 9,000 BCE-1500 CE -- Slavery, state and society, c. 1500-c. 1800 -- Political and economic transformations in the nineteenth century -- Transition to British colonial rule, 1850-1903 -- Colonial society to 1929 -- Nationalist movements and independence, 1929-1960 -- Instability and civil war, 1960-1970 -- Oil, state, and society, 1970-1983 -- Civil society and democratic transition, 1984-2007 -- Nigeria and Nigerians in world history -- Corruption, anti-corruption, and the 2007 election. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521862943 (hardback) 0521862949 (hardback) 9780521681575 (pbk.) 052168157X (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007049016 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Nigeria--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT515.57  / .F353 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>966.9