Colonial Meltdown - Northern Nigeria in the Great Depression

Informationen zum Autor Moses E. Ochonu is an assistant professor of African history at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of many journal articles and book chapters. His op-ed articles on African affairs have been published in The Chronicle Review and on Tennessean.com. Klappentext Moses E. Ochonu is an assistant professor of African history at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of many journal articles and book chapters. His op-ed articles on African affairs have been published in The Chronicle Review and on Tennessean.com. Zusammenfassung Historians of colonial Africa have regarded the decade of the Great Depression as a period of intense exploitation and colonial inactivity. This book challenges this conventional interpretation by mapping the determined, at times violent, yet instructive responses of Northern Nigeria's chiefs, farmers, laborers, artisans, women and traders.

Product details

• Authors: Moses E. Ochonu
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2009
• EAN: 9780821418901
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1890-1
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 14 mm
• Series: New African Histories; New African Histories
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries