Merchant capital and economic decolonization : the United Africa Company, 1929-1987 / D.K. Fieldhous...
Merchant capital and economic decolonization : the United Africa Company, 1929-1987 / D.K. Fieldhous...
Merchant capital and economic decolonization : the United Africa Company, 1929-1987 / D.K. Fieldhouse.
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Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Date
1994.
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N382.06067/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxviii, 832 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Strategy and Structure. 1. The Company 1929-1960. 2. The Company 1960-1987 -- Pt. 2. The Classical Age of UAC. 3. Crisis, Reconstruction, Merchanting, and Produce. 4. Pools and Cocoa. 5. Sidelines: Shipping and Plantations -- Pt. 3. War and Merchant Capital in Africa. 6. State Control of Prod...
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Publisher
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1994.
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Summary
The United Africa Company (UAC), formed in 1929 by the fusion of the Niger Company and the African and Eastern Corporation, was by far the largest single commercial organization in West and Equatorial Africa, and thus central to modern African economic history. This is the first detailed account to be published and one which fills a serious gap in...
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Merchant capital and economic decolonization : the United Africa Company, 1929-1987 / D.K. Fieldhouse.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [811]-814) and index.
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N382.06067/1
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74VMeBj52Xmb
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ISBN
019822625X (acid-free paper)
019822625X (acid-free paper) :
019822625X
DDC
382.06067
38206067
MMS ID
991003170289702626
