From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce
Author | : Robin Law |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2002-08-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521523060 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521523066 |
Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Download or read book From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce written by Robin Law and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.