Urbanization and Political Change The Politics of Lagos, 1917-1967 by Pauline H. Baker ISBN 13: 9780520020665

Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Univ of California Pr, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good clean tight copy. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Berkeley, CA: Univ of California Press, 1974. Fold out map included. Lightly bumped. DJ shows mild edgewear, lightly rubbed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1974. A major study of the politics of tropical Africa's largest city which examines the impact of urbanization on the distribution and exercise of influence within the Nigerian capital as grew from a colonial town of 100,000 people to a metropolis with a population of over 1.25 million; the main thesis is that urban political structure in Lagos has shifted from oligarchy to communalism, defined as a form of domination in which political control is vested in a cultural aggregate whose members share a common identity and a sense of corporate solidarity; includes a fold-out map of the city of Lagos (corners slightly bumped, dust jacket slightly rubbed, with wear at lower edge of spine, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Univ of California Pr, 1975-01. Hardcover. Good.