This edited collection, written by eleven leading specialists, examines the nineteenth-century commercial transition in West Africa: the ending of the Atlantic slave trade and the development of alternative forms of 'legitimate' trade, mainly in vegetable products. Approaching the subject from an African, rather than a European or American, perspective, the case studies consider the effects of transition on the African societies involved. They offer significant insights into the history of pre-colonial Africa and the slave trade, the origins of European imperialism, and longer-term issues of economic development in Africa.
| ISBN: | 9780521481274 |
| Publication date: | 17th August 1995 |
| Author: | Robin Law |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 278 pages |
| Series: | African Studies |
| Genres: |
Economic history |
This edited collection, written by eleven leading specialists, examines the nineteenth-century commercial transition in West Africa: the ending of the Atlantic slave trade and the development of alternative forms of 'legitimate' trade, mainly in vegetable products. Approaching the subject from an African, rather than a European or American, perspective, the case studies consider the effects of transition on the African societies involved. They offer significant insights into the history of pre-colonial Africa and the slave trade, the origins of European imperialism, and longer-term issues of economic development in Africa.
From Slave Trade to Legitimate Commerce features in the following genres: Economic history
From Slave Trade to Legitimate Commerce is available in Hardback
From Slave Trade to Legitimate Commerce was written by Robin Law and published by Cambridge University Press
From Slave Trade to Legitimate Commerce has 278 pages
Yes it is part of African Studies series
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