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212 S.; Illustr.; 27,5 cm; kart.

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Gutes Ex.; leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Einband berieben; gestempelt; aus d. Bibliothek von Dr. H. J. Koloß / Völkerkunde-Museum Berlin. - Englisch. - This book is a comprehensive study of the geography of Nigeria. It is in three main parts which fit in with the traditional division of the country into three zones? a southern zone or the coastlands of Guinea, a central zone or the middle belt, and a northern zone or the Nigerian Sudan. Each chapter then studies a region of the country, giving a detailed account of the physical landscape, the population and the occupations of the inhabitants. Interregional contacts through trade and labour migration are stressed and so are the economic and cultural changes which have taken place. There are three special features of the book. Firstly there is a detailed report on population movement based on field enquiries. Secondly it includes the most comprehensive account of recent developments in agriculture and plantation agriculture. Thirdly it reviews the latest research on inter-state contact and interstate trade. ... (Verlagstext) // INHALT : ... THE BENUE VALLEY --- The Benue and its floodplains --- The high plains of the Benue trough --- Population and settlement types --- Cash crop and food production in the Benue Valley --- The Shendam Agricultural Development and Resettlement --- Scheme --- Cattle in the Benue Valley --- Salt mining and other minerals in the Benue Valley The Benue Waterway --- CHAPTER FIFTEEN --- BAUCHI AND THE GONGOLA BASIN --- Geological history and relief features --- Drainage characteristics --- Climate, vegetation and soils --- Rural water supplies --- Population and settlement --- Aspects of the agricultural economy --- Development of road and rail transportation --- CHAPTER SIXTEEN --- THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS OF NORTHERN NIGERIA --- Landforms and drainage --- Climate, vegetation and soils --- Sleeping sickness and the Anchau Settlement Scheme --- Population and settlement types --- The city and township of %aria --- Kaduna --- The economy of the Hausa population --- The production of brown sugar and ginger in /jaria --- Province --- Tobacco production in the ^aria area Aspects of the economy of the pagan population --- PART THREE --- The Nigerian Sudan --- and the Eastern Borderlands --- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN --- SOKOTO AND THE RIMA BASIN --- The geology and physical landscape --- Climate, vegetation and soils --- Traditional agriculture and animal husbandry --- Post-war developments in agricultural production --- The Sokoto Mechanised Rice Scheme The Agangara Fulani Settlement Scheme Tobacco growing in the Rima Basin Distribution and movements of population Cottage and factory industry Transport and trade --- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE KANO REGION --- The origin and growth of Kano city --- The townscape of the ancient city --- Modern Kano --- Katsina --- Geology, landforms and soils of the Kano Region --- Climate, vegetation and water supplies --- Population and settlement types --- Agricultural land use --- Farming activities --- Livestock and mixed farming --- Groundnut production in the Kano Region --- Marketing and problems of evacuating groundnuts --- The expansion of cotton production --- CHAPTER NINETEEN --- BORNU AND THE CHAD DEPRESSION --- The physical landscape and drainage characteristics --- Artesian and other water resources in the Chad Basin --- Aspects of the population and settlement --- Crop and animal husbandry --- Gum arabic and other forest products --- Transportation and trade --- The Lake Chad fisheries --- Maiduguri --- CHAPTER TWENTY --- THE EASTERN BORDERLANDS --- The district north of the Benue trough --- Southern Adamawa --- The Bamenda Highlands --- Climate and vegetation --- The people and their way of life --- The traditional economy of the Bamenda Highlands --- Cultivators versus pastoralists --- Recent developments in agriculture --- Transportation and the movement of population --- POSTSCRIPT --- THE NIGERIAN POLITICAL SCENE --- (u.v.a.m.) ISBN 0435959166