Politics, Economy, and Society in Twentieth-Century Nigeria (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Olukoju, Ayodeji; Ayoola, Tokunbo A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666929973
• Artikelnr.: 68097715

Autorenporträt

Ayodeji Olukoju is distinguished professor of history at University of Lagos. Tokunbo A. Ayoola is reader in the Department of History and International Studies, and dean of student affairs at Anchor University.

Inhaltsangabe

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 Indust