Overview
- Explores the role of Nigeria-British trade in the political crisis which brought down the Liberal-dominated Asquith coalition and replaced it with the Conservative-dominated Lloyd George coalition
- Explains why the Nigerian palm kernel trade had far-reaching political repercussions in Great Britain during the First World War
- Offers the first detailed history of the palm kernel industry and export economy in Nigeria
Part of the book series: Britain and the World (BAW)
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About the author
Peter J. Yearwood is Leader of the History, Gender Studies, and Philosophy Strand at the University of Papua New Guinea, and Joint Editor of the South Pacific Journal of Philosophy and Culture. He is the author of Guarantee of Peace, The League of Nations in British Politics 1914-1925 (2009).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nigeria and the Death of Liberal England
Book Subtitle: Palm Nuts and Prime Ministers, 1914-1916
Authors: Peter J. Yearwood
Series Title: Britain and the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90566-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90565-5Published: 02 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08044-0Published: 20 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90566-2Published: 18 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2947-7182
Series E-ISSN: 2947-7190
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 302
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Sub-Saharan Africa, History of Britain and Ireland, Imperialism and Colonialism, Political History, Economic History