ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|86 pages
Environment and Development
chapter 1|34 pages
From Kerosene to Avgas
International Oil Companies and Their Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1890s to 1945
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chapter 3|13 pages
Biological-Based Warfare in Central Nigeria
An Aspect of Pre-Colonial Military Science and Technology
chapter 4|15 pages
Religion, Science and Conflict
Problems for a Sustainable Environment for Human and Economic Development
part II|76 pages
Oil and Politics
chapter 5|18 pages
Oil Multinationals
‘Environmental Genocide' and Socioeconomic Development in Nigeria's Niger Delta
chapter 7|17 pages
State and Governance of Multinational Corporations
Shell Petroleum Company in the Niger Delta
chapter 8|9 pages
“Big Motor and Dirty House”
Ken Saro-Wiwa's Fight with Royal Dutch Shell and Nigeria
chapter 9|12 pages
Religion in the Development of Environmental Ethics in Nigeria
Niger Delta in Perspective
part III|73 pages
Environmental, Sociocultural and Political Dimensions
chapter 10|23 pages
From Oil Rivers to the Niger Delta
The Paradoxes of Domination and Resistance in Colonial Nigeria
