Palm oil and protest : an economic history of the Ngwa region, south-eastern Nigeria, 1800-1980 /
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| Author / Creator: | Martin, Susan M. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988. |
| Description: | xi, 209 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | African studies series 59 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/940572 |
Table of Contents:
- List of maps and figure
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Ecology, society and economic change to 1891
- 3. The Ngwa and colonial rule, 1891-1914
- 4. The expansion of the oil palm industry, 1884-1914
- 5. The end of the boom
- 6. Cassava and Christianity
- 7. Authority, justice and property rights
- 8. Trade, credit and mobility
- 9. Production and protest: the Women Riot, 1929
- 10. Cash cropping and economic change, 1930-80
- 11. Conclusion
- Statistical appendix
- Notes
- Interviews conducted in the Ngwa region, 1980-1
- Bibliography
- Index