Lloyd, Peter Cutt

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LLOYD, Peter Cutt

LLOYD, Peter Cutt. British, b. 1927. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology, History, Sociology, Third World, Urban studies, Gerontology/Senior issues. Career: University of Sussex, Brighton, reader, 1967-78, professor, 1978-92, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology, 1992-. Hon. Director, International African Institute, London, 1988-91. Head, Dept. of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1959-64; Sr. Lecturer, then Reader in West African Sociology, University of Birmingham, 1964-67. Publications: Yoruba Land Law, 1962; Africa in Social Change, 1967; Classes, Crises and Coups, 1971; The Development of Yoruba Kingdoms in the 18th and 19th Centuries, 1971; Power and Independence, 1974; Slums of Hope?, 1979; The "Young Towns" of Lima, 1980; A Third World Proletariat?, 1982. EDITOR: The New Elites of Tropical Africa, 1966; (with A. Mabogunje and B. Awe) The City of Ibadan, 1967; (with Philip Amis) Housing Africa's Urban Poor, 1990. Address: School of Social Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, E. Sussex BN1 9SN, England.

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