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From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce

The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa

From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce( )
Editor: Law, Robin
Contribution by: Anderson, David
Brown, Carolyn
Clapham, Christopher
Gomez, Michael
Manning, Patrick
Robinson, David
Villalon, Leonardo A.
Series title:African Studies
ISBN:978-0-521-52306-6
Publication Date:Aug 2002
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $50.99
Book Description:

This edited collection, written by leading specialists, deals with nineteenth-century commercial transition in West Africa: the ending of the Atlantic slave trade and development of alternative forms of 'legitimate' trade. Approaching the subject from an African perspective, the case studies consider the effects of transition on the African societies involved, and provide new insights into the history of pre-colonial Africa and the slave trade, origins of European imperialism, and...
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Book Details
Pages:292
Detailed Subjects: History / Africa / General
History / Africa / West
Business & Economics / Economic Conditions
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.889 x 9.048 x 0.741 Inches
Book Weight:0.99 Pounds



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