'Order out of Chaos': Resources, Hazards and the Production of a Tin-Mining Economy in Northern Nigeria in the Early Twentieth Century

This paper examines the development of commercial tin mining in northern Nigeria in the early twentieth century. It recounts how a fundamentally unknown space — an underground zone lying at the edge of Empire — came to be constructed as a mineral rich region, and subsequently integrated with capital...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environment and History. - The White Horse Press, 1995. - 18(2012), 3, Seite 367-394
1. Verfasser: BRIDGE, GAVIN (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: FREDRIKSEN, TOMAS
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2012
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Environment and History
Schlagworte:Business Physical sciences Behavioral sciences Social sciences