From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce - The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa (Paperback, Revised)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	African Studies
Release date:	July 2002
First published:	1995
Editors:	Robin Law
Dimensions:	232 x 151 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	292
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-52306-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
LSN:	0-521-52306-0
Barcode:	9780521523066

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