| Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa: The Palm Oil Trade in the Nineteenth Century Revised Edition Contributor(s): Lynn, Martin (Author), Martin, Lynn (Author), Anderson, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521893267 ISBN-13: 9780521893268 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: A key theme in the West African trading system of the nineteenth century is the transition from the slave trade to "legitimate" commerce, and its significance for the African societies of the region. In this period of transition, trade in palm oil was at the core of relations between Britain and West Africa in the nineteenth century, and of immense importance to the economies of large parts of West Africa. Filling a major gap in the literature, Martin Lynn's authoritative study of the trade covers the whole of this critical period for all of West Africa. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Business & Economics | Commerce - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 380.141 |
| Series: African Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.1" W x 9.12" (1.07 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A key theme in the West African trading system of the nineteenth century is the transition from the slave trade to legitimate commerce, and its significance for the African societies of the region. In this period of transition, trade in palm oil was at the core of relations between Britain and West Africa in the nineteenth century, and of immense importance to the economies of large parts of West Africa. Filling a major gap in the literature, Martin Lynn's authoritative study of the trade covers the whole of this critical period for all of West Africa. |