{"product_id":"palm-oil-and-protest-an-economic-history-of-the-ngwa-region-south-eastern-nigeria-1800-1980-hardback-9780521343763","title":"Palm Oil and Protest; An Economic History of the Ngwa Region, South-Eastern Nigeria, 1800–1980 (Hardback) 9780521343763","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePalm Oil and Protest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Economic History of the Ngwa Region, South-Eastern Nigeria, 1800–1980\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1988 book describes the rise and fall of the oil palm export industry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSusan M. Martin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521343763, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 March 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e222 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.5 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\"...Susan Martin has written a perceptive study, and a worthy successor to other major writers on the economic history of the eastern areas of Nigeria, from Dike through Jones to Northrup.  She is to be congratulated.\"   A.J.H. Latham, International Journal of African Historical Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Ngwa region lies in the heart of the Nigerian palm belt. Palm oil is one of the oldest foodstuffs of the region and has also been an export crop, produced mainly by women, from the early nineteenth century to the present day. This 1988 book describes the rise and fall of the oil palm export industry. In contrast to the views of both dependency and vent-for-surplus theorists, it is shown that patterns of export growth and capital investment were heavily influenced by locally inspired changes in food production methods, gender and intergenerational relationships. The processes of change within the domestic and export economies became increasingly closely intertwined after 1924, when African coastal middlemen began to settle further inland and to spread the knowledge of cassava and Christianity. This book draws upon a wide range of economic, botanical, anthropological and historical studies as well as on colonial archives, but its heart lies in the oral evidence and life histories generously provided by Ngwa men and women.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps and figure\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ecology, society and economic change to 1891\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Ngwa and colonial rule, 1891–1914\u003cbr\u003e 4. The expansion of the oil palm industry, 1884–1914\u003cbr\u003e 5. The end of the boom\u003cbr\u003e 6. Cassava and Christianity\u003cbr\u003e 7. Authority, justice and property rights\u003cbr\u003e 8. Trade, credit and mobility\u003cbr\u003e 9. Production and protest: the Women Riot, 1929\u003cbr\u003e 10. Cash cropping and economic change, 1930–80\u003cbr\u003e 11. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Statistical appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Interviews conducted in the Ngwa region, 1980–1\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\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":46007108436248,"sku":"9780521343763","price":91.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521343763i_b69e4895-6a0c-41ad-9dcd-c25ec52f1e13.jpg?v=1691375487","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/palm-oil-and-protest-an-economic-history-of-the-ngwa-region-south-eastern-nigeria-1800-1980-hardback-9780521343763","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}