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The political economy of the interior Gold Coast : the Asante and the era of legitimate trading, 1807-1875 / Jarvis L. Hargrove.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739187869
  • 0739187864
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Political economy of the interior Gold CoastDDC classification:
  • 966.7004963385 23
LOC classification:
  • DT507 .H36 2015eb
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Contents:
European arrival in West Africa and the Gold Coast: Portuguese, Dutch and British, 1440-1680 -- The Akan and the formation of the Asante state -- Slave trading and trade routes on the Gold Coast: the fight for the coast line, 1770-1820 -- The Gold Coast, abolition laws and the era of illegal slave trading, 1776-1842 -- Economic transition within greater Asante in the mid-nineteenth century -- The Asante-British treaties and conflicts, 1817-1874.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

European arrival in West Africa and the Gold Coast: Portuguese, Dutch and British, 1440-1680 -- The Akan and the formation of the Asante state -- Slave trading and trade routes on the Gold Coast: the fight for the coast line, 1770-1820 -- The Gold Coast, abolition laws and the era of illegal slave trading, 1776-1842 -- Economic transition within greater Asante in the mid-nineteenth century -- The Asante-British treaties and conflicts, 1817-1874.

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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.

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