Economic History of West Africa - 2nd Edition

Name: Economic History of West Africa - 2nd Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

An Economic History of West AfricaAuthor(s): A. G. Hopkins\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367002435, 978-0367002435\nSynopsis\nThis pioneering and celebrated work was the first, and remains the standard, account of the economic history of the huge area conventionally known as West Africa.\n\nThe book ranges from prehistoric times to independence and covers the former French territories, as well as those colonised by the British. It criticises conventional beliefs about economic backwardness, offers an alternative account that explains the particular configuration of poverty that characterised the pre-colonial period, and assesses the consequences of the regions interaction with the wider world from the growth of the Saharan and Atlantic trades to the rise and demise of colonial rule. This edition contains a substantial new Introduction that discusses the development of the subject during the past 50 years, eva.