Making Money - Life, Death, and Early Modern Trade on Africa's Guinea Coast (Paperback)

A new era in world history began when Atlantic maritime trade among Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas opened up in the fifteenth century, setting the stage for massive economic and cultural change. In Making Money, Colleen Kriger examines the influence of the global trade on the Upper Guinea Coast two hundred years later-a place and time whose study, in her hands, imparts profound insights into Anglo-African commerce and its wider milieu. A stunning variety of people lived in this coastal society, struggling to work together across deep cultural divides and in the process creating a dynamic creole culture. Kriger digs further than any previous historian of Africa into the records of England's Royal African Company to illuminate global trade patterns, the interconnectedness of Asian, African, and European markets, and-most remarkably-the individual lives that give Making Money its human scale. By inviting readers into the day-to-day workings of early modern trade in the Atlantic basin, Kriger masterfully reveals the rich social relations at its core. Ultimately, this accessible book affirms Africa's crucial place in world history during a transitional period, the early modern era.

General

Imprint:	Ohio University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Africa in World History
Release date:	October 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Colleen E. Kriger
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	254
ISBN-13:	978-0-89680-296-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-89680-296-5
Barcode:	9780896802964

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