Economic and Social History of Northern Nigeria: Revisiting Milestones and Exploring New Frontiers is a collection of forty-one essays published in honor of one of the most prolific expatriate scholars in northern Nigeria, the late Professor Philip James Shea. This book represents an avantgarde intervention, which opens up a fresh vista in the economic and social history of northern Nigeria through a reconsideration of the familiar themes and survey of new research frontiers.