A fistful of shells : West Africa from the rise of the slave trade to the age of revolution / Toby Green.
| Author/creator | Green, Toby, 1974- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2019. |
| Copyright Date | ©2019 |
| Description | xxxv, 613 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part one: Causes: economic divergence in West and West-Central Africa. "Three measures of gold": the rise and fall of the great empires of the Sahel -- Causeways across the savannah: from Senegambia to Sierra Leone -- Ready money: The Gold Coast and the gold trade -- Rivers of cloth, masks of bronze: the bights of Benin and Biafra -- The kingdom of Kongo: from majesty to revolt -- Part two: Consequences: politics, belief and revolutions from below -- "With boots worth 3 slaves": slavery and value in the eighteenth century -- On a war footing: the "fiscal-military state" in West African politics -- Feeding power: new societies, new worldviews -- Transnational Africas, struggle, and the rising of modernity -- Warrior aristocracies and pushback from below -- Let them drink rum! Islam, revolution and the aristocracy. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2018051003 |
| ISBN | 9780226644578 |
| ISBN | 022664457X hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | Item has been checked out | DT476 .G74 2019 | Due 08/15/2026 | Want This? |