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Nigeria : a new history of a turbulent century /
An essential insight into the shaping of the 'African giant'.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Zed Books,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- About the Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Timeline
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Map of Nigeria
- Section 1: 1914-39: Invention of a Country
- 1. A Merger Makes a Large Possession for Britain
- 2. First World War: Nigeria on the Front Line
- 3. Lugard Struggles with Opponents
- 4. Between the Wars: Nigeria is Not a Single State
- 5. Between the Wars: The Economy in a World Depression
- 6. Between the Wars: A New Assertive Nationalism
- Section 2: 1939-64: Rocky Road to Freedom
- 7. Another World War and Strategic Importance
- 8. Political Change and Divisive Regionalism
- 9. Regional Governments and the Coming of Independence
- 10. The Joy of Independence
- 11. Overture to Disaster
- Section 3: 1964-89: The Shadow of the Generals
- 12. Military Coups, Biafra and Civil War
- 13. Reconstruction, Another Coup and the Craving for Democracy
- 14. A Second Republic, Its Short, Inglorious Life and Its Overthrow
- 15. Buhari, IBB and a New Military Era
- Section 4: 1989-2014: A Decade of Pain, Then Disappointment in Democracy
- 16. The Annulment of an Election Puts Nigeria on Edge
- 17. The Disastrous Abacha Years
- 18. Democracy, and the Return of Obasanjo
- 19. Yar'Adua, Jonathan and Threats in the Delta and the Northeast
- Section 5: Reflections
- Politics as Business
- Ethnicity and Religion
- Oil, Inequity and Poverty
- One Nigeria?
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.