Political Economy of the Interior Gold Coast - The Asante and the Era of Legitimate Trading, 18071875

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jarvis L. Hargrove, Hargrove Jarvis L.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781498529396
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2939-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ghana, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Africa / West, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, African History