G. Jan van Apeldoorn

Perspectives on Drought and Famine in Nigeria

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1981, this book provided the first concise and integrated account of the Nigerian crisis and uncovered the basic cause of the increasing vulnerability of the Nigerian rural poor during the 1970s to the effects of drought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9781032748047
• ISBN-10: 1032748044
• Artikelnr.: 70289333

Autorenporträt

G. Jan Van Apeldoorn was Senior Research Fellow at the Reformed University of Amsterdam.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. A Framework for Disaster Analysis Part 1: Drought and
Famine Experiences in Nigeria 3. The Geographical Context of the Nigerian
Drought 4. The Historical Perspective 5. The 1972-4 Disaster:
Characteristics 6. The 1972-4 Disaster: Responses and Consequences Part 2:
The Political Economy of Famine in Nigeria 7. The International Context 8.
The Traditional Systems in Hausaland and Their Ways of Coping with Crisis
9. The Imposition of the Colonial Economy 10. Further Transformation,
1945-70 11. Conclusion: Atrophied Defences of the Poor Part 3: Orientations
for Preventing Future Calamaties 12. The Food Situation and the Outlook for
the 1980s 13. Solutions Pursued in Nigeria 14. Towards a More Relevant
Orientation.