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From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce: The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa (African Studies)
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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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #514051 in Books
- Published on: 2002-08-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 292 pages
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"The volume nicely marks the maturation in African historiography since Hopkins first raised the question inspiring it." Historian
