The Precolonial State in West Africa - Building Power in Dahomey (Hardcover)

This volume incorporates historical, ethnographic, art historical, and archaeological sources to examine the relationship between the production of space and political order in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey during the tumultuous Atlantic Era. Dahomey, situated in the modern Republic of Benin, emerged in this period as one of the principle agents in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and an exemplar of West African state formation. Drawing from eight years of ethnohistorical and archaeological fieldwork in the Republic of Benin, the central thesis of this volume is that Dahomean kings used spatial tactics to project power and mitigate dissent across their territories. J. Cameron Monroe argues that these tactics enabled kings to economically exploit their subjects, and to promote a sense of the historical and natural inevitability of royal power."

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	June 2014
Authors:	J. Cameron Monroe
Dimensions:	260 x 182 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	279
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-04018-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	1-107-04018-3
Barcode:	9781107040182

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