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The Shell Money of the Slave Trade

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This study examines the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade. Over a large part of West Africa they became the regular market currency, but then disappeared almost totally, except during the depression of the 1930s, and occasionally in the markets of remote frontier districts.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521541107
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 248
  • Udgivet:
  • 18. september 2003
  • Størrelse:
  • 151x229x15 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 410 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 5. december 2024

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This study examines the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade. Over a large part of West Africa they became the regular market currency, but then disappeared almost totally, except during the depression of the 1930s, and occasionally in the markets of remote frontier districts.

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