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Land and people in Nigeria : the human geography of Nigeria and its environmental background /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : University of London Press, c1955.Description: xii, 252 p. :illSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 916.69669  BUC
LOC classification:
  • DT515 .B75
Summary: This is a geography of Nigeria, based upon some published material, unpublished official data, and the authors' own fieldwork. Chapter I describes ' The Environmental Setting '-geology, relief and drainage, climate and vegetation, and soils. There is also a short section, by a collaborator, on 'Disease as an Element in the Nigerian Environment', which summarizes neatly the present rudimentary state of our knowledge in this important respect. Chapter II,' The Human pattern lists the major racial and cultural groups in Nigeria in relation to environment. In Chapter III, ' The Agricultural Economy', the major subsistence, internal exchange, and cash crops are described in detail, and there is a concise analysis of some of the changes in emphasis these have undergone. Chapter IV deals with ' Forest Resources ', Chapter V with ' Mineral Wealth '. Chapter VI describes the many forms of transport, from head-porterage to air travel. Chapter VII enters into the less central topic of' Public and Social Services '.
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Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library NigerianaSpecial Archival Collection Nigeriana 916.69669 BUC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31008100170964

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is a geography of Nigeria, based upon some published material, unpublished official data, and the authors' own fieldwork. Chapter I describes ' The Environmental Setting '-geology, relief and drainage, climate and vegetation, and soils. There is also a short section, by a collaborator, on 'Disease as an Element in the Nigerian Environment', which summarizes neatly the present rudimentary state of our knowledge in this important respect. Chapter II,' The Human pattern lists the major racial and cultural groups in Nigeria in relation to environment. In Chapter III, ' The Agricultural Economy', the major subsistence, internal exchange, and cash crops are described in detail, and there is a concise analysis of some of the changes in emphasis these have undergone. Chapter IV deals with ' Forest Resources ', Chapter V with ' Mineral Wealth '. Chapter VI describes the many forms of transport, from head-porterage to air travel. Chapter VII enters into the less central topic of' Public and Social Services '.

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