Historiography of Industrialization in Nigeria: 1914–1960
Corresponding Author(s) : chris B.N. ogbogbo
Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS),
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2018)
Abstract
The historiography of industrialization in Nigeria has a rich but confused literature. Scholars from various disciplinary orientations have engaged this subject matter from perspectives that have complexified the idea and concept of industrialization in a colonial state. This study interrogates the various perspectives of intellectual inquiry on industrialization of colonial Nigeria, and argues that although industries and industrial activities existed in pre-colonial and colonial Nigeria, industrialization between 1914 and 1960, as portrayed by a number of scholars, was a farce. Thus, the interrogation of theoretical and historical explanation of industrialization by scholars as one of the important components of colonial historiography seems to have been neglected. The paper submits that the historical process of colonial Nigeria made industrialization of Nigeria as a colony impossible because the colonialists used Nigeria as an important instrument that sustained the development and industrialization of Britain.
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Adejugbe, M. O. 2006. The Nigerian Derailed Industrialization: Causes, Consequences and Cures. Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the University of Lagos. Lagos: University of Lagos Press.
Adeniran, T. 1983. Introduction to International Relations. Lagos: Macmillan Nigeria Publishers Ltd.
Adeoye, B.W. 2003. Fiscal Policy and Growth Empirical Evidence from Nigeria. The Nigerian Journal of Economics and Social Studies (NJESS). 45(1), 2003.
Adesina, O.C. 1993. Indigenous Participation in the Economy of Western Nigeria, 1900-1970. PhD thesis submitted to the Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
Nigeria’s Development. International Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences. 1(2), August 2012.
Ake, C. 1981. A Political Economy of Africa. Lagos: Longman Publishers.
Aworawo, D. 2011. Costly Neglect: Technology, Industrialization and the Crisis of Development in Nigeria. The Journal of International Social Research, 4 Issue 7, 2011.
Binta, M. & A.M. Bazza. 2018. Appraisal of the Impact of Industrialization on Economic Growth in Nigeria. IOSR Journal of Business and Management, 20(1).
Bruton, H.J. 1998. A Reconsideration of Import Substitution. Journal of Economic Literature. 32(2).
Dagogo. D. W. 2014. Nigerian Industrial Development Between 1943 and 2013: Challenges and Opportunities. International Review of Research in Emerging Markets and the Global Economy (IRREM). 1 Issue 3, 2014.
Eaton, J. 1966. Political Economy. New York: International Publishers.
Ekundare, R. O. 1973. An Economic History of Nigeria 1860-1960. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd.
Falola, T. & J. Ihonvbere. 1985. The Rise and Fall of Nigeria’s Second Republic 1979-1984. London: Zed Books.
Hayes, J.H.C. & M. B. Whithed. 1949. History of Europe. New York: Macmillan Company.
Hobson, J.A. 1975. Imperialism: A Study. New York: Gordon Press.
Hopkins, A.G. 1974. An Economic History of West Africa. London: Longman Publishers.
Hossein, Z., F. Habib & L. Mirsaeedie. 2013. Definitions, Concepts and New Directions in Industrialized Building System (IBS). KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. 17(6).
Kambhampati, U.S. 2004. Development and Developing World. London: Polity Press.
Kemp, T. 1978. Historical Patterns of Industrialization. London: Longman Group.
Kilby, P. 1969. Industrialization in an Open Economy Nigeria 1945-1960. London: Cambridge University Press.
Lawal, A.A. 1987. Industrialization as Tokenism. In Toyin Falola (ed.). Britain and Nigeria: Exploitation or Development? London: Zed Books Limited. —. 1997. The Economy and the State from the Pre-colonial Times to the Present. In A. Osuntokun & A. Olukoju (eds.). Nigerian Peoples and Cultures. Ibadan: Davidson
Mandara, B. & A.M. Bazza. 2018. Appraisal of the Impact of Industrialization on Economic Growth in Nigeria. Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM). 20(1). 2018.
Mendes, A.F.P., B.A. Mario, R.F.A.P. Texixeira. 2014. Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa and Import Substitution Policy. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 34(1).
Nzau, M. 2010. Africa’s Industrialization Debate: A Critical Analysis. The Journal of Language, Technology and Entrepreneurship in Africa. 2(1).
Ogunremi, G.O. 1996. The Structure of Pre-Colonial Economy. In G.O. Ogunremi and E.K. Faluyi (eds.). Economic History of West Africa. Ibadan: Rex Charles Publication.
Historiography of Industrialization in Nigeria, 1914-1960
Olagbaju, J. & T. Falola. 1996. Post-Independence Economic Changes and Development in West Africa. In G.O. Ogunremi and E.K. Faluyi (eds.). Economic History of West Africa. Ibadan: Rex Charles Publication .
Olanrewaju S.A, 1987. The Infrastructure of Exploitation: Transport, Monetary Changes, Banking etc. In Toyin Falola (ed.). Britain and Nigeria: Exploitation or Development? London: Zed Books Limited. Osuntokun, A. & A. Olukoju (eds.). 1977. Nigerian Peoples and Cultures. Ibadan: Davidson
Otoghile, A. & E. Ikponmwosa. 2016. Crisis of Industrialization in Nigeria. Journal of Developing Countries. 6(8).
Oyejide, T.A. 1977. The Strategy of Industrial Development. In O. Teriba and M.O. Kayode (ed.). Industrial Development in Nigeria Patterns, Problems and Prospects. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press.
—. 1979. Tariff Policy and Industrialization in Nigeria. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press.
Palmer, R.R., J. Colton & L. Kramer. 1950. A History of the Modern World Since 1915, 10th Edn. New York: Mc Graw Hill Companies Incorporation.
Rodney, W. 1972. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Pretoria: Panaf Publishing.
Schatz, L. 1973. Industrialization in Nigeria: A Spatial Analysis. Munich: Welt Forum Verlag.
Schatz S.P. 1977. Economic Environment and Private Enterprises in West Africa. In O. Teriba, and M.O. Kayode (eds.). Industrial Development in Nigeria Patterns, Problems and Prospects. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press.
Shaw, T. 1971. The Pre-history of West Africa. In J.F. Ade Ajayi and Michael Crowther (ed.). History of West Africa. London: Longman.
Shillington, K. 1989. History of Africa Revised. 2nd Ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.