Jarvis L. Hargrove

Political Economy of the Interior Gold Coast

The Asante and the Era of Legitimate Trading, 1807-1875

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the Asante transition to legitimate commerce in the nineteenth century and highlights the political and economic relationships of the Asante state with surrounding African groups and European traders.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9781498529396
• ISBN-10: 1498529399
• Artikelnr.: 47877093

Autorenporträt

Jarvis L. Hargrove is assistant professor at North Carolina Central University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: European Arrival in West Africa and the Gold Coast: Portuguese
Dutch and British
1440-1680 Chapter 2: The Akan and the Formation of the Asante State Chapter 3: Slave Trading and Trade Routes on the Gold Coast: The Fight for the Coast Line
1770-1820 Chapter 4: The Gold Coast
Abolition Laws and the Era of Illegal Slave Trading
1776-1842 Chapter 5: Economic Transition within Greater Asante in the Mid-nineteenth Century Chapter 6: The Asante-British Treaties and Conflicts
1817-1874