TY - BOOK ED - The Royal Institute of International Affairs. TI - Nigeria: the political and economic background U1 - 330.9669 PY - 1960/// CY - London, Ibadan PB - Oxford University Press KW - Nigeria background KW - Economic conditions KW - Nigeria — Politics and government — To 1960 KW - Nigeria — Economic conditions — To 1960 KW - Nigeria N1 - Includes bibliographical footnotes N2 - This little book conveys an astonishing quantity of information in a short space without making any of the insufficiently qualified statements that beset writers obliged to compress their material. It is equally divided between political and economic topics. The first part covers the history of Nigeria up to I945 in fifteen pages, and then takes the years from the Richards Constitution at a more leisurely pace. The section on economics is readable and very informative, and there are several useful maps ER -