Environment and economics in Nigeria

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Environment and economics in Nigeria

edited by Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock

(Routledge African studies, 4)

Routledge, 2011

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This volume gathers contributors across a wide range of disciplines to explore the relationship between the environment, economics, and development in Nigeria from the twentieth century to the present, examining issues such as violence, health, and contemporary concerns about sustainability and conservation. It sheds light not just on the environmental history of Nigeria - a crucial, paradigmatic case in its own right - but also offers insights into these issues as they manifest themselves throughout the developing world.

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Introduction: Environmental Themes in Nigerian History Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock Part 1: Environment and Development 1. From Kerosene to Avgas: International Oil Companies and Their Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1890s to 1945 Kairn Klieman 2. Environmental Impact of Post-Colonial Mining Activities on the Jos Plateau S.U. Fwatshak 3. Biological Based Warfare in Central Nigeria: An Aspect of Pre-colonial Military Science and Technology Olayemi Akinwumi and Mailafiya Aruwa Filaba 4. Religion, Science Conflict: Problems for Sustainable Environment for Human and Economic Development T.T. Asojo and S.O. Ijaola Part II: Oil and Politics 5. Oil Multinationals: 'Environmental Genocide' and Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria's Niger Delta Donald O. Omagu 6. Illiberal State, Oil Expropriation and Environmental Degradation in Nigeria's Niger Delta Region Dele Ashiru 7. State and Governance of Multinational Corporations: Shell Petroleum Company in the Niger Delta Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba 8. "Big Motor and Dirty House:" Ken Saro Wiwa's Fight with Royal Dutch Shell and Nigeria Michael Sharp 9. Religion in the Development of Environmental Ethics in Nigeria: Niger Delta in Perspective S.O. Ijaola and T.T. Asojo Part III: Environmental, Socio-Cultural and Political Dimensions 10. From Oil Rivers to the Niger Delta: The Paradoxes of Domination and Resistance in Colonial Nigeria Charles Ukeje 11. Education Transformations and Traditional Medicine in Nsukka, Nigeria Jamaine Abidogun 12. Depictions of Socio-Psychological Dimensions of the Niger-Delta Crises in Recent Nigerian Drama Alexander Kure 13. Creativity and Nature: Fagunwa's Tradition and Environmental Sustainability Arinpe Adejumo Conclusion: Nigeria and the Global Environment Toyin Falola and Adam Paddock

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