Politics, Economy, and Society in Twentieth-Century Nigeria -

Politics, Economy, and Society in Twentieth-Century Nigeria

Buch | Hardcover
346 Seiten
2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2996-6 (ISBN)
114,70 inkl. MwSt
This book analyzes important social, political, and economic matters from pre-colonial to postcolonial Nigeria. Issues discussed include contemporary problems of poverty, unemployment, leadership and governance crises, entrepreneurship, urbanization, and the underdevelopment of the agricultural and transport systems.
Politics, Economy, and Society in Twentieth-Century Nigeria, by Ayodeji Olukoju and Tokunbo A. Ayoola, examines key social, political, and economic issues in Nigeria since the colonial period. This book brings together writings on colonial, postcolonial, and contemporary history of Nigeria that provide a panoramic view of diversity, bridge gaps in Nigerian history, and engage with pioneering scholarship in railway and social history in Nigeria by James Olawale Oyemakinde. Some of the themes and perspectives discussed throughout this collection include: contemporary challenges of poverty, unemployment, leadership and governance deficit, entrepreneurship, urbanization, and the underdevelopment of the agricultural and transport systems. Politics, Economy, and Society in Twentieth-Century Nigeria demonstrates that understanding the past helps to develop appropriate policies for contemporary challenges. As highlighted in this volume, it is important to appreciate the significance of context in historical explanation and in the application and adaptation of ideas across space and time.

Ayodeji Olukoju is distinguished professor of history at University of Lagos. Tokunbo A. Ayoola is reader of history and international studies, and dean of student affairs at Anchor University.

Foreword by Akanmu G. Adebayo

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction by Tokunbo Aderemi Ayoola & Ayodeji Olukoju

Part I: Historiography

Chapter 1: Wale Oyemakinde: The Scholar and Public Policy Engagement by Ayodeji Olukoju

Chapter 2: Wale Oyemakinde and Nigerian Railway Historiography by Tokunbo Aderemi Ayoola

Part II: Economy, Business and Trade

Chapter 3: The Nigerian Economy, Transportation, and the Tourism Industry by Oladipo. O. Olubomehin

Chapter 4: Between Diversification and Dissolution: Family Firms in Twentieth-Century Western Nigeria by Ayodeji Olukoju

Chapter 5:Identity, Trade, and Warfare in Arogbo-Ile: Historicising Luso-Dutch Commercial andMilitary Activities in South-eastern Yorubaland during the Seventeenth Century by Olukoya Ogen

Chapter 6:Journeying from Self-sufficiency to Disarticulated and Dependency Economy: Historicizingthe Long route to Economic Recession in Nigeria by Emmanuel Osewe Akubor

Part III:Railways and Development

Chapter 7. Coal Industry, Railway and their Contributions to the Urbanization ofEastern Nigeria, 1909 – 1960 by Alexander Ugwukah and Abiodun A. Adesegun

Chapter 8:“Controversies and Rivalries: The Politics of the Development of the Baro–Kano Railway by Shehu Tijjani Yusuf

Part IV: Governance and The Political Economy of Development

Chapter 9:The Governing of Nigeria and the Politics of its Restructuring by Adedeji Aina Ademola

Chapter 10: Historicizing the Nigerian State and Development by Jeremiah Dibua

Chapter 11: Draft Animal Power and Agricultural Production in Rural Northeast Nigeria: A Study in Cropping System History by Noah Echa Attah and Solomon Okpanachi Amodu

Part V: Social Development

Chapter 12:Clothing the Natives: Police Uniform, Office Dress, and Negotiation of Identity in Colonial Nigeria by Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi

13: Colonial Administration, Farmers, and Mixed Farming in Benin Province, Southern Nigeria, 1939-1955 by Uyilawa Usuanlele

14: E-Voting System and Democratization in Nigeria by Olamide Samson Adelana

About the Editors and Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum
Co-Autor Olamide Samson Adelana, Adedeji Aina Ademola, Abiodun A. Adesegun
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 239 mm
Gewicht 653 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10 1-6669-2996-4 / 1666929964
ISBN-13 978-1-6669-2996-6 / 9781666929966
Zustand Neuware
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