| Other author/creator | Olukoju, Ayodeji, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Ayoola, Tokunbo A., 1957- editor. |
| Other author/creator | Adebayo, A. G. (Akanmu Gafari), 1956- writer of foreword. |
| Other author/creator | Oyemakinde, Wale, honouree. |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Akanmu G. Adebayo -- Introduction / by Tokunbo Aderemi Ayoola and Ayodeji Olukoju -- Wale Oyemakinde: The Scholar and Public Policy Engagement / by Ayodeji Olukoju -- Wale Oyemakinde and Nigerian Railway Historiography / by Tokunbo Aderemi Ayoola -- The Nigerian Economy, Transportation, and the Tourism Industry / by Oladipo. O. Olubomehin -- Between Diversification and Dissolution: Family Firms in Twentieth-Century Western Nigeria / by Ayodeji Olukoju -- Identity, Trade, and Warfare in Arogbo-Ile: Historicising Luso-Dutch Commercial and Military Activities in South-eastern Yorubaland during the Seventeenth Century / by Olukoya Ogen -- Journeying from Self-sufficiency to Disarticulated and Dependency Economy: Historicizing the Long route to Economic Recession in Nigeria / by Emmanuel Osewe Akubor -- Coal Industry, Railway and their Contributions to the Urbanization of Eastern Nigeria, 1909 -- 1960 / by Alexander Ugwukah and Abiodun A. Adesegun -- "Controversies and Rivalries: The Politics of the Development of the Baro-Kano Railway / by Shehu Tijjani Yusuf -- The Governing of Nigeria and the Politics of its Restructuring / by Adedeji Aina Ademola -- Historicizing the Nigerian State and Development / by Jeremiah Dibua -- Draft Animal Power and Agricultural Production in Rural Northeast Nigeria: A Study in Cropping System History / by Noah Echa Attah and Solomon Okpanachi Amodu -- Clothing the Natives: Police Uniform, Office Dress, and Negotiation of Identity in Colonial Nigeria / by Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi -- Colonial Administration, Farmers, and Mixed Farming in Benin Province, Southern Nigeria, 1939-1955 / by Uyilawa Usuanlele -- E-Voting System and Democratization in Nigeria / by Olamide Samson Adelana. |
| Abstract |
"This book analyzes important social, political, and economic matters from pre-colonial to postcolonial Nigeria. Issues discussed include contemporary problems of poverty, unemployment, leadership and governance crises, entrepreneurship, urbanization, and the underdevelopment of the agricultural and transport systems"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "This book is especially dedicated to Professor James Olawale (Wale) Oyemakinde, historian, teacher, and mentor. Indeed this collection of essays has been put together in honour of this pioneer economic, social, and railway historian of Nigeria." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Politics, economy, and society in twentieth-century Nigeria Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2023 9781666929973 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2023021188 |
| ISBN | 9781666929966 |
| ISBN | 1666929964 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
