{"product_id":"from-slave-trade-to-legitimate-commerce-the-commercial-transition-in-nineteenth-century-west-africa-paperback-9780521523066","title":"From Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce; The Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa (Paperback) 9780521523066","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Slave Trade to 'Legitimate' Commerce\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Commercial Transition in Nineteenth-Century West Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssays, from an African perspective, on the nineteenth-century commercial transition in West Africa.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobin Law (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521523066, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 8 August 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.2 x 15.1 x 1.9 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The volume nicely marks the maturation in African historiography since Hopkins first raised the question inspiring it.\"   Historian\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Robin Law\u003cbr\u003e 1. The initial 'crisis of adaptation': the impact of British abolition on the Atlantic slave trade in West Africa, 1808–1820 Paul E. Lovejoy and David Richardson\u003cbr\u003e 2. The West African palm oil trade in the nineteenth century and the 'crisis of adaptation' Martin Lynn\u003cbr\u003e 3. The compatibility of the slave and palm oil trades in Dahomey, 1818–1858 Elisée Soumonni\u003cbr\u003e 4. Between abolition and Jihad: the Asante response to the ending of the Atlantic slave trade, 1807–1896 Gareth Austin\u003cbr\u003e 5. Plantations and labour in the south-east Gold Coast from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century Ray A. Kea\u003cbr\u003e 6. Owners, slaves and the struggle for labour in the commercial transition at Lagos Kristin Mann\u003cbr\u003e 7. Slaves, Igbo women and palm oil in the nineteenth century Susan Martin\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Legitimate' trade and gender relations in Yorubaland and Dahomey Robin Law\u003cbr\u003e 9. In search of a desert-edge perspective: the Sahara-Sahel and the Atlantic trade, c. 1815–1900 E. Ann McDougall\u003cbr\u003e 10. The 'New International Economic Order' in the nineteenth century: Britain's first development plan for Africa A. G. Hopkins\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: the 'crisis of adaptation': a bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004222198040,"sku":"9780521523066","price":38.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521523066i_b5f70459-70cb-46da-bdc3-891549143780.jpg?v=1691383675","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-slave-trade-to-legitimate-commerce-the-commercial-transition-in-nineteenth-century-west-africa-paperback-9780521523066","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}