Martin Lynn, Lynn Martin

Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa

The Palm Oil Trade in the Nineteenth Century
Herausgeber: Anderson, David

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An authoritative and comprehensive study of the palm oil trade.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780521893268
• ISBN-10: 0521893267
• Artikelnr.: 21481048

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Development of the Palm Oil Trade in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century: 1. The West African trade in transition
2. African producers and palm oil production
3. African brokers and the growth of the palm oil trade
4. British traders, British ports, and the expansion of the palm oil trade
Part II. Restructuring of the Palm Products Trade in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century: 5. Technological change, the British market, and African producers
6. British traders and the restructuring of the palm products trade
7. African brokers and the struggle for the palm products trade
8. The coming of colonial rule and the ending of legitimate trade
Conclusion.