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Nigeria s University Age : Reframing Decolonisation and Development /

This book explores the world of Nigerian universities to offer an innovative perspective on the history of development and decolonisation from the 1930s to the 1960s. Using political, cultural and spatial approaches, the book shows that Nigerians and foreign donors alike saw the nation s new univers...

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Main Authors: Livsey, Tim
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
Subjects:
History
Africa > History
Imperialism
Civilization > History
World politics
Higher education
Education > History
Imperialism and Colonialism
African history
History of education
Cultural History
Political History
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56505-1
Summary: This book explores the world of Nigerian universities to offer an innovative perspective on the history of development and decolonisation from the 1930s to the 1960s. Using political, cultural and spatial approaches, the book shows that Nigerians and foreign donors alike saw the nation s new universities as vital institutions: a means to educate future national leaders, drive economic growth, and make a modern Nigeria. Universities were vibrant places, centres of nightlife, dance, and the construction of spectacular buildings, as well as teaching and research. At universities, students, scho
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XIII, 285 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9781137565051
Index Number: JV61
CLC: D066
Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction. Nigeria s University Age -- Chapter 2. Imperial Frame: Universities and the West African Roots of Colonial Development -- Chapter 3. Paradoxes of Decolonisation: University College Ibadan and the Late Colonial State -- Chapter 4. Making Modern Space: Architecture and Decolonisation at University College Ibadan -- Chapter 5. An Incomplete Elite: Student Culture, Everyday Life and Decolonisation at Ibadan -- Chapter 6. Multilateral Negotiations: Nigerian Universities, the United States, and the Cold War -- Chapter 7. Breakdown: University Development and the Nigerian C

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