Klas Rönnbäck

Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa

The Case of the Gold Coast

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Produktbeschreibung

Sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest region in the world. But its current status has skewed our understanding of the economy before colonization. Rönnbäck reconstructs the living standards of the population at a time when the Atlantic slave trade brought money and men into the area, enriching our understanding of West African economic development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781848935785
• ISBN-10: 1848935781
• Artikelnr.: 43546008

Autorenporträt

Klas Rönnbäck is an Associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: theory and method 2. The Gold Coast in African economic
history 3. Sources and source criticism 4. Work ethic and the division of
labour 5. Work and wages at the Cape Coast Castle 6. Domestic markets for
goods 7. Housing and material wealth 8. Living standards in a comparative
perspective 9. Concluding discussion 10. References