Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa

An authoritative and comprehensive study of the palm oil trade.

List of contents

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.

Summary

Trade in palm oil was at the core of relations between Britain and West Africa, and of immense importance to the economies of large parts of West Africa. Martin Lynn's authoritative and comprehensive study of the palm oil trade covers the whole of this critical period for all of West Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Lynn
• Assisted by: David Anderson (Editor), Carolyn Brown (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2015
• EAN: 9780521590747
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59074-7
• No. of pages: 290
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 625 g
• Series: African Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches