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Commerce and economic change in West Africa : the palm oil trade in the nineteenth century /
A key theme in the West African trading system of the nineteenth century is the transition from the slave trade to 'legitimate' commerce, and its significance for the African societies of the region. In this period of transition, trade in palm oil was at the core of relations between Brita...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
1997.
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| Colección: | African studies series ;
93. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. The development of the palm oil trade in the first half of the nineteenth century. 1. The West African trade in transition. 2. African producers and palm oil production. 3. African brokers and the growth of the palm oil trade. 4. British traders, British ports, and the expansion of the palm oil trade
- pt. II. The restructuring of the palm products trade in the second half of the nineteenth century. 5. Technological change, the British market, and African producers. 6. British traders and the restructuring of the palm products trade. 7. African brokers and the struggle for the palm products trade. 8. The coming of colonial rule and the ending of legitimate trade.