The Shell Money of the Slave Trade
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.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.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2003-09-18
- Mått151 x 229 x 15 mm
- Vikt410 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieAfrican Studies
- Antal sidor248
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- ISBN9780521541107