1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000255869707536

Autore

Torraca, Francesco

Titolo

Studii in onore di Francesco Torraca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli : Società editrice Dante Alighieri, 1922

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 600 p., [1] ritr. ; 27 cm.

Disciplina

195

Soggetti

Torraca, Francesco

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961254603321

Autore

Falola Toyin

Titolo

Economic Reforms and Modernization in Nigeria, 1945-1965

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ashland, : Kent State University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-63101-047-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

330.9669/03

Soggetti

Nigeria -- Economic conditions -- To 1960

Nigeria -- Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Economy and Politics in a Colonial Society -- 2. The Political Context of Economic Reforms and Modernization -- 3. The Economy, 1945-1960 -- 4. "Separate Economies": Regionalism and Development Institutions -- 5. The Economy, 1960-1965 -- Postscript: Economy and Society after 1965 -- Appendix: Statistical Tables on the Nigerian Economy -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.



Sommario/riassunto

Created as a result of British colonialism, Nigeria emerged as a nation-state during the mid-twentieth century. The British colonial administration, in a state of economic crisis and with huge debts to the United States, was uninterested in any rapid economic development in Nigeria after WWII. Britain needed resources to rebuild its economy, and nationalism was rising in Nigeria, where colonial subjects were complaining about exploitation. A rapid transformation in Nigeria's economy and political arena then took place.Reform came through politics and the transfer of power, with the first generation of the new political class inheriting power during the 1950s as colonialism ended. An age of ideas and actions began, and the country witnessed an expansion of its infrastructure, health services, schools, and industries. These were the first crucial steps in Nigeria's march toward modernization.