Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa: The case of the Gold Coast
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.
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Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa: The case of the Gold Coast
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.
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Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa: The case of the Gold Coast

Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa: The case of the Gold Coast

by Klas Rönnbäck
Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa: The case of the Gold Coast

Labour and Living Standards in Pre-Colonial West Africa: The case of the Gold Coast

by Klas Rönnbäck

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781317222156
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/19/2015
Series: ISSN
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 228
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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

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