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Book Description 14+161 pages, tables, map, guide to further reading : a political & economic survey covering the 10 years from the end of the Civil War; glossy limp covers, vg isbn 0340262079 west africa nigeria nigerian politics economics african west africa nigeria nigerian history military. Seller Inventory # 7587
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xiv + 161 pages, a fine review of the ten years of Nigeria's progress, both politically and economically, between 1970 and 1980, written (and SIGNED) by two highly-regarded academics, Anthony Kirk-Greene (known for his prodigious output on African matters in general and Nigerian subjects in particularly; then Senior Research Fellow in African Studies at Oxford) and Professor Douglas Rimmer (an expert in west African affairs and a well-known speaker and writer on Nigeria, then Deputy Director and Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham). Divided into two main Parts: 'The making of the Second Republic' by Kirk-Greene, and 'The economy since 1970' by Rimmer. Many important elements dealt with, eg The Gowon, Murtala Mohammed and Obasanjo regimes; the general elections of 1979; petroleum and industrialization, infrastructure and public finances. (Flat) SIGNED by Rimmer on half-title page and Kirk-Greene on title page.Internally clean and tidy, but covers somewhat creased and edge-worn. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # XJ23