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Troubled journey : Nigeria since the civil war / edited by Levi A. Nwachuku, G.N. Uzoigwe.
- Title
- Troubled journey : Nigeria since the civil war / edited by Levi A. Nwachuku, G.N. Uzoigwe.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DT515.8 .T76 2004 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxviii, 340 p. : maps, ports.; 22 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Nigeria since the civil war
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword / Martin Kilson -- Milestones in Nigerian History -- Historical Overview -- Nigeria to 1960: An Overview / G.N. Uzoigwe -- Geography and Environment -- Ancestry of Nigerians -- State Formation -- External Influence -- Survey of Nigerian History Since Independence / Levi A. Nwachuku -- The Test of the Nigerian State -- Census Crisis, 1962-1963 -- Creation of the Midwest State -- Lagos University Vice Chancellorship Crisis, 1965 -- Prelude to the First Military Coup -- Western Region Election, November, 1965 -- The Coup d'etat, 1966 and the Subsequent Break-up of the Nigerian Federation -- Aftermath of the Civil War: A Federal Omnipotence -- Social Ethics -- The Igbo Experience -- Nigeria 1970-1980: The Boom Decade, An Overview -- Nigeria 1980-1990s: The Troubled Years, An Overview -- From Gowon to Abubakar -- Era of Misguided Good Feeling: Yakubu Gowon and the Birth of a New Nigeria, 1970-1975 / O.N. Njoku -- Silver Lining -- Reconstruction and Rehabilitation -- Economic Mismanagement -- Corruption, Extravagance and Inequality -- Foreign Policy -- Broken Covenant -- The Quest for National Purification: Murtala Muhammed's New Vision, 1975-1976 / Gloria Ifeoma Chuku -- Civil and Public Service Purge -- Transition to Civil Rule -- Relocation of the Federal Capital -- Creation of More States -- Abandoned Property Issue -- Leadership Style and Political Structure -- Socio-Economic Problems -- Foreign Policy -- Exit of a Hero and Soldier-Statesman -- Vision Betrayed?: Olusegun Obasanjo, 1976-1979 / Levi A. Nwachuku.
- ISBN
- 0761827129
- LCCN
- ^^2003114129
- OCLC
- 55535515
- SCSB-10568778
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library