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From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce - The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa (Hardcover, New)
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From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce - The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa (Hardcover, New)
Series: African Studies
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During the nineteenth century, the trans-Atlantic slave trade was
made illegal and eventually suppressed, and superseded by
alternative forms of 'legitimate' trade with western Africa,
especially in vegetable products such as palm oil. This commercial
transition marks the beginning of the modern economic history of
the region. This book considers the implications of that process
for the African societies involved, through ten case-studies
written by leading specialists in the field. These studies address
the central issue of continuity and change in economic structures,
and critically assess the argument that the transition posed a
'crisis of adaptation' for African rulers by undermining their
control over the income from overseas trade. Also highlighted are
the effects of transition on slavery and gender relations within
Africa and its links to the growth of European imperialism,
culminating in the Partition of Africa at the end of the nineteenth
century.
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