Colonial meltdown : Northern Nigeria in the Great Depression /

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Historians of colonial Africa have largely regarded the decade of the Great Depression as a period of intense exploitation and colonial inactivity. In Colonial Meltdown, Moses E. Ochonu challenges this conventional interpretation by mapping the determined, at times violent, yet instructive responses...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ochonu, Moses E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2009.
Colección:New African histories series.
Temas:
1900-1999
Depressions > 1929 > Nigeria, Northern.
Depressions > 1929 > Great Britain.
British > Nigeria, Northern > History > 20th century.
Crises économiques > 1929 > Nigeria (Nord)
Crises économiques > 1929 > Grande-Bretagne.
Britanniques > Nigeria (Nord) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
British.
British colonies.
Colonial influence.
Depressions.
Economic history.
Colonies > Administration.
Nigeria, Northern > History > 20th century.
Nigeria, Northern > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > Administration > History > 20th century.
Nigeria > Colonial influence.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Afrique > Administration > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Africa.
Great Britain.
Nigeria.
Northern Nigeria.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Historians of colonial Africa have largely regarded the decade of the Great Depression as a period of intense exploitation and colonial inactivity. In Colonial Meltdown, Moses E. Ochonu challenges this conventional interpretation by mapping the determined, at times violent, yet instructive responses of Northern Nigeria's chiefs, farmers, laborers, artisans, women, traders, and embryonic elites to the British colonial mismanagement of the Great Depression. Colonial Meltdown explores the unraveling of British colonial power at a moment of global economic cri.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821443118
0821443119
Acceso:Unlimited Users and Download Restrictions may Apply, ProQuest Unlimited User Licence. Available using University of Exeter Username and Password.

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