Making money : life, death, and early modern trade on Africa's Guinea Coast

La 4e de couv. indique : "A new era in world history began when Atlantic maritime trade among Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas opened up in the fifteenth century, setting the stage for massive economic and cultural change. In Making Money, Colleen Kriger examines the influence of the glob...

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Auteur principal : Kriger Colleen E. (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Making money : life, death, and early modern trade on Africa's Guinea Coast / Colleen E. Kriger
Publié : Athens, Ohio : Ohio university press , C 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-238 p.)
Collection : Africa in world history series editors, David Robinson, Joseph C. Miller, and Todd Cleveland
Disponibilité : Existe aussi en version électronique
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Résumé : La 4e de couv. indique : "A new era in world history began when Atlantic maritime trade among Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas opened up in the fifteenth century, setting the stage for massive economic and cultural change. In Making Money, Colleen Kriger examines the influence of the global trade on the Upper Guinea Coast two hundred years later-a place and time whose study, in her hands, imparts profound insights into Anglo-African commerce and its wider milieu. A stunning variety of people lived in this coastal society, struggling to work together across deep cultural divides and in the process creating a dynamic creole culture. Kriger digs further than any previous historian of Africa into the records of England's Royal African Company to illuminate global trade patterns, the interconnectedness of Asian, African, and European markets, and-most remarkably-the individual lives that give Making Money its human scale. By inviting readers into the day-to-day workings of early modern trade in the Atlantic basin, Kriger masterfully reveals the rich social relations at its core. Ultimately, this accessible book affirms Africa's crucial place in world history during a transitional period, the early modern era"
Bibliographie : Bibliogr. p. 223-231. Notes bibliogr. Index
ISBN : 978-0-89680-315-2
978-0-89680-296-4
0-89680-315-5