Sovereignty without Power - Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980 (Hardcover)

What did independence mean during the age of empires? How did independent governments balance different interests when they made policies about trade, money and access to foreign capital? Sovereignty without Power tells the story of Liberia, one of the few African countries to maintain independence through the colonial period. Established in 1822 as a colony for freed slaves from the United States, Liberia's history illustrates how the government's efforts to exercise its economic sovereignty and engage with the global economy shaped Liberia's economic and political development over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Drawing together a wide range of archival sources, Leigh A. Gardner presents the first quantitative estimates of Liberian's economic performance and uses these to compare it to its colonized neighbors and other independent countries. Liberia's history anticipated challenges still faced by developing countries today, and offers a new perspective on the role of power and power relationships in shaping Africa's economic history.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
Release date:	October 2022
Authors:	Leigh A. Gardner
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-00-918110-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > History > African history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Promotions
LSN:	1-00-918110-6
Barcode:	9781009181105

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