Palm Oil and Protest - An Economic History of Ngwa Region, South Eastern Nigeria, 1800 1980

Zusammenfassung The 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps and figure; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Ecology, society and economic change to 1891; 3. The Ngwa and colonial rule, 1891-1914; 4. The expansion of the oil palm industry, 1884-1914; 5. The end of the boom; 6. Cassava and Christianity; 7. Authority, justice and property rights; 8. Trade, credit and mobility; 9. Production and protest: the Women Riot, 1929; 10. Cash cropping and economic change, 1930-80; 11. Conclusion; Statistical appendix; Notes; Interviews conducted in the Ngwa region, 1980-1; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Susan M. Martin, Martin Susan M.
• Mitarbeit: David Anderson (Herausgeber), Carolyn Brown (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.04.2006
• EAN: 9780521025577
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02557-7
• Seiten: 224
• Serien: African Studies Series; African Studies
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; Nigeria, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Political Economy, Manufacturing industries, Food Manufacturing & Related Industries