Development, not division: Local versus external perceptions of the Niger-Nigeria boundary

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 297-320

  Miles, William F S ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL BOUNDARY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 22244484757     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X05000844     Document Type: Article

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