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: | 9780521523066 |
| Publication date: | 8th August 2002 |
| Author: | Robin University of Stirling Law |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 292 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 Paperback
From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce was written by Robin University of Stirling Law and published by Cambridge University Press
From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce has 292 pages
Yes it is part of African Studies series
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