Research Catalog

Title

Environment and economics in Nigeria / edited by Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock.

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2011.

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Additional Authors

• Falola, Toyin.
• Paddock, Adam.

Description

xviii, 278 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"This volume gathers contributors across a wide range of disciplines to explore the relationship between the environment, economics, and development in Nigeria from the twentieth century to the present, examining issues such as violence, health, and contemporary concerns about sustainability and conservation. It sheds light not just on the environmental history of Nigeria - a crucial, paradigmatic case in its own right - but also offers insights into these issues as they manifest themselves throughout the developing world"--

Series Statement

Routledge African studies ; 4

Uniform Title

Routledge African studies ; 4.

Subject

• Sustainable development > Nigeria
• Nigeria > Economic policy
• Nigeria > Foreign economic relations
• Nigeria > Environmental conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

From kerosene to avgas : international oil companies and their expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1890s to 1945 / Kairn Klieman -- Environmental impact of post-colonial mining activities on the Jos Plateau / S.U. Fwatshak -- Biological-based warfare in Central Nigeria : an aspect of pre-colonial military science and technology / Olayemi Akinwumi and Mailafiya Aruwa Filaba -- Oil multinationals : "environmental genocide" and socioeconomic development in Nigeria's Niger Delta / Donald O. Omagu -- Illiberal state, oil expropriation and environmental degradation in Nigeria's Niger Delta region / Dele Ashiru -- State and governance of multinational corporations : Shell Petroleum Company in the Niger Delta / Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba -- "Big motor and dirty house" : Ken Saro-Wiwa's fight with Royal Dutch Shell and Nigeria / Michael Sharp -- Religion in the development of environmental ethics in Nigeria : Niger Delta in perspective / S.O. Ijaola and T.T. Asojo -- From oil rivers to the Niger Delta : the paradoxes of domination and resistance in colonial Nigeria / Charles Ukeje -- Educational transformations and traditional medicine in Nsukka, Nigeria / Jamaine Abidogun -- Depictions of sociopsychological dimensions of the Niger-Delta crises in recent Nigerian drama / Alexander Kure -- Creativity and nature : Fagunwa's tradition and environmental sustainability / Arinpe Adejumo -- Conclusion : Nigeria and the global environment / Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock.

Call Number

Sc E 14-1193

ISBN

• 9780415895927
• 0415895928
• 9780203807491
• 0203807499

LCCN

• 2011008737
• 3622589

OCLC

701015649

Title

Environment and economics in Nigeria / edited by Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock.

Imprint

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge African studies ; 4

Routledge African studies ; 4.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents

Table of contents

Added Author

Falola, Toyin.

Paddock, Adam.

Other Standard Identifier

3622589

Research Call Number

Sc E 14-1193